good news from the "war on drugs" front

[Universe Prince]

Richard Paey has been pardoned.

Freed at 2:51 p.m., he was to be imprisoned for almost 22 more years. The catch: Everyone, including judges, acknowledged the traffic accident victim was using the pills for debilitating pain. And since his incarceration, prison doctors have hooked him up to a morphine drip, which delivers more narcotics in about two days than he was convicted of trafficking.

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[Florida Governor Charlie] Crist, too, took a swipe at the prosecutors, saying the war on drugs itself isn't just to blame in cases such as this. "If they're prosecuted appropriately, then justice will be done," he said. "Obviously, this case cries out for a review of that process."

Whole article at the other end of this link.