We Approve!
Posted on 08/07/2018 4:27:17 PM PDT by bkopto
A southwest Missouri couple who illegally bought ginseng from Arkansas has been sentenced to a year of probation.
The Springfield News-Leader reports 77-year-old Kermit Schofield and his wife, 73-year-old Sandy Schofield were sentenced Tuesday in a courtroom packed with supporters from their hometown.
The couple farms and sells herbs in Theodosia, a town of about 250 people near the Missouri-Arkansas border.
Federal prosecutors say that between June 2013 and August 2015 the Schofields illegally bought more than 100 pounds of ginseng in Arkansas. Prosecutors say the couple bought the ginseng outside the permitted time frame for purchasing ginseng in Missouri, and they knew it was illegal transport ginseng out of Arkansas without a state certification.
As part of the sentence, the Schofields agreed to pay $65,000 in restitution and a $5,000 fine.
“”””””As part of the sentence, the Schofields agreed to pay $65,000 in restitution and a $5,000 fine.”””””””””””””
For some damn plants??????
A modern day Bonnie and Clyde stopped before they could do real crimes.
If they only used an illegal server or peddled uranium, they’d have 0 worries.
This is beyond stupid.
Someone opined that the law is an ass.
That person is correct.
Guess this is the case the senile AG Sessions has been working on this year....these geriatric herb growers. President Trump should pardon them tomorrow and make the DOJ pay their legal bills.
OMG!
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Something has to be done about Sessions!
Ginseng is a very helpful herb.
What’s next? Vitamin C?
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How isn’t Arkansas or Missouri prosecuting them? It’s not a federal law!
What sort of stupid is involved with making a state certification needed for this at certain times of the year?
Crazy!
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We’re in Daniel’s 70th Sabbath; look out!
The Chinese call it “Interesting Times.”
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Tumeric probably.
The DOJ is a sick joke.
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You’re probably right!
Curcumin cures Alzheimers, and we can’t be having that!
How will doctors and pharmacists buy yachts and hjelicopters?
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You’re probably on the right track.
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You’re probably right!
Curcumin cures Alzheimers, and we can’t be having that!
How will doctors and pharmacists buy yachts and helicopters?
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We Approve!
Sessions is like a cartoon dumbass on Southpark, except, unfortunately, he’s more or less real.
He did make it to my tagline though.
Maybe Sessions just likes to go after the easy cases.
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