Outside The Lines-Johnny Jolly

[mraynrand]

Damn, six years for codeine. I am sure there is a perspective out there from which that seems justifiable and the right thing. But from where I am sitting right now and comparing that to the kind of punishments meted out to repeat offending drunk drivers and spouse abusers, that just seems excessive and counterproductive.

"I didn't even know that was a crime. There have been a lot of changes in the law."

[Fritz]

"I didn't even know that was a crime. There have been a lot of changes in the law."

I'd do her.

[Kiwon]

At some point, a person has to appreciate the blessed position that he is in and the fear of losing that becomes more of an obssession than any destructive personal habit. It starts with a choice. Always.

[red]

I'd do her.

took the words right out of my mouth fritz

i'll take one of the other holes

[Brandon494]

6 years? smh

[MadtownPacker]

Fuck!! 6 years for this shit??? I know mfers that have got with kilos of coke who get 5. Dude needed to get like 12 months in county. I'm sure he will do like half the 6 but still heavy handed. Is this is Texas?

[red]

Fuck!! 6 years for this shit??? I know mfers that have got with kilos of coke who get 5. Dude needed to get like 12 months in county. I'm sure he will do like half the 6 but still heavy handed. Is this is Texas?

yes it is in texas

he's lucky they didn't give him the chair

[Freak Out]

Fuck you Jolly and fuck you Texas.....now he's going to cost the tax payers how much? Do we know how he was getting the "cough syrup"? Was it from the cough syrup cartel or was it from some doctor writing scrips? Stupid of him but wtf?

[Fosco33]

yes it is in texas

he's lucky they didn't give him the chair

Yup - and the funny part of the law. They count the fluid oz of liquid as entirely of codeine. And with the 4th arrest and violating parole, with the 'felony' - you'll get more time in most states (including TX).

MTP - it'd be the equivalent of making a hella batch of brownies and county chocolate as THC.

[Fosco33]

So sick of the counterproductive, costly and somewhat unfair drug laws in this country.

Legalize, commercialize - basically everything. Have laws the make it counter intuitive to make bad choices (i.e., impacts to health insurance costs, drug tests for manufacturing jobs, pilots, etc.; drug tests for welfare recipients, etc.). Or better - create incentives to not use drugs.

Take the extreme 'sin' tax and savings from DEA/local law and flood it with education and rehab.

War on Drugs is a huge loss. Leads to organized crime here and internationally. Huge black market of untapped revenue.

Free up overcrowing prisons for the Sanduskys of the world.

[Freak Out]

No doubt.....was Jolly a threat to society? Pull his drivers license and impound his car or something.

[JohnMexico]

I believe it is basically a 14 month sentence, being that he's eligible for parole in January 2013.

But this whole thing makes me angry. This fucking country and it's priorities.

[mission]

Everyone except black people thought OJ was guilty, Casey Anthony was going to jail... Sandusky probably gets off super easy on some inside donations and does 2 years at a country club. Dude deserves to get dragged to his death while set on fire without an accelerant. Jolly gets 6 years for being self destructive. Shit's fucked up.

[Guiness]

Anyone have any sort of a link to what he was charged with, and convicted with?

I found this on ESPN

Jolly was charged Saturday with possession of a compound containing codeine. He also was charged with tampering with evidence for attempting to conceal the substance from investigators, according to records.

The tampering with evidence sounds ominous, but all it was is that he threw a bag out the window (which they didn't recover) and dumped a cup of something on the floorboards.

It sure seems insane to me that he would get 6 yrs as his first stretch of jail time for a non-violent, non-trafficking offense. I know it was a breach of probation so his old charges came back, but wow.

Of course, the sheer insanity of him getting caught again in early October still defies understanding as well.

[MadtownPacker]

Im thinking he got did like lots of MFers I know. He signed some jacked probation deal that helped him avoid like a two year sentence. Catch is the probation is usually to a harder charge than what they could found him guilty of. If he plays ball and doesnt fuck up all is well but they like to give out just enough rope so you can hang yourself. Once you push it too far you are back in court and the old charges are used against you. At this point you cannot fight it by trial or any way because you already plead guilty to get the probation. The probation dept recommends what they think you should get to the judge and then he usually dishes that or more out. Basically he should have took the time at first and he would have been all done by now.