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On 31 Dec 2004 20:20:35 -0800, "Laura Bush murdered her boy friend"
> wrote: >>Dave Head Dec 26, 11:36 am > >>No, on a big road like that, I'd simply set my cruise speed (not >necessarily >>cruise controlled) for whatever the traffic was doing, plus a few mph >more. >>I-465 is not in Virginia. Get a ticket from ISP? I can pay it. Ditto >>sheriff, etc. It wasn't the death sentence that they try to inflict in >>Virginia. > >That proves my point about speeding penalties being too low. You admit >that you just pay the fine and keep right on speeding. If you faced a >week in the county jail for each mph over the limit, you wouldn't >speed. And don't tell me the jails would be jammed then, because I >guarantee very few would speed if penalties were severe. Well, penalties are severe for dealing drugs - life in prison is some places like Michigan if I remember right - and people still do it anyway. DPH |
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Dave Head > wrote in
: > > Well, penalties are severe for dealing drugs - life in prison is some > places like Michigan if I remember right - and people still do it > anyway. > > DPH > > Actually,some drug crimes are not so severe;I personally know a guy who got caught growing over 250 pot plants in his garage(not for personal use,with several firearms present!),and he was sentenced to TWO years in a Federal prison,and only served half of that. A "country-club" prison,too. -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net |
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Dave Head > wrote in
: > > Well, penalties are severe for dealing drugs - life in prison is some > places like Michigan if I remember right - and people still do it > anyway. > > DPH > > Actually,some drug crimes are not so severe;I personally know a guy who got caught growing over 250 pot plants in his garage(not for personal use,with several firearms present!),and he was sentenced to TWO years in a Federal prison,and only served half of that. A "country-club" prison,too. -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net |
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