Melvin Anthony Sentenced to 10 years in Prison

**Poker face Ace** · 04-22-2017, 07:01 PM

Wow. Melvin doesn't deserve this.

BTW, what drug was he on op?

**dc9616** · 04-23-2017, 08:26 AM

Maybe he should have worked on wall street and stole millions of dollars from people's retirement funds then the judge would have given him 6 months probation. Drug laws should be abolished it's a way to keep people of lower income trapped. He needed rehabilitation for addiction not 10 years prison time.

**Curt James** · 04-23-2017, 08:55 AM

^^^ This.

**hifrommike65** · 04-23-2017, 11:57 AM

Originally Posted by Curt James

Bah. Can't they say that either way? Y mg = personal use while y+1 MG = drug dealer?

I don't know. Hell, I don't want to know. But I also don't see the benefit of housing, feeding, supplying medical care to a bajillion (cough) criminals.

With a privatized prison growth industry, prisoners are "clients." Prisons need them to make a profit. & the more the better, because that brings in more profit. Which is fucked.

**hifrommike65** · 04-23-2017, 12:00 PM

Originally Posted by Big Beat

10 years is a good stretch, you would hope that gets reduced to 5 years if he keeps his nose clean on the inside.

So many bodybuilders turn to recreational drugs. Are steroids a gateway drug??? or would these guys end up fucked up on meth one way or another???

The gateway drug is sugar. That is the first thing an infant gets addicted to. But postindustrial society depends on addicting us to as many things as possible. The majority these days are addicted to text messaging, sugar/fat/salt (otherwise known as "fast food"), their favorite TV programs, & loads of other things that encourage OCD. I'm not preaching here. I'm addicted to YouTube.

**hifrommike65** · 04-23-2017, 12:09 PM

Originally Posted by dc9616

Maybe he should have worked on wall street and stole millions of dollars from people's retirement funds then the judge would have given him 6 months probation. Drug laws should be abolished it's a way to keep people of lower income trapped. He needed rehabilitation for addiction not 10 years prison time.

It's the lack of effective legal representation (mainly public defenders, & prosecutors who trade a heavier charge with a lighter charge the defendant is blackmailed into admitting to), & the tendency of white juries to sympathize less with black defendants (especially black men who scare them). It doesn't help that laws have been passed, then strengthened, then strengthened again, during election years when lawmakers need to show their constituents they're tough on crime & are "saving their children" (that's how laws against steroids have been amped up).

When we declare war on something (like cancer, drugs, or AIDS), you can be sure that the industries at the forefront are doing their best NOT to end the war--their profits & political control would end. That's also the reason our undeclared wars in the Middle East & Afghanistan don't end as well.

**Vince Goodrum** · 04-23-2017, 01:20 PM

Fuck him. He got off easy with 10 years....he got a break the first time he was caught trafficking from the Grace of God and he rebuked him in return. Sorry but he earned his way into free room and board. I can't feel sorry for someone who continues to fuck up his life with poor choices in life

**Big Beat** · 04-23-2017, 04:17 PM

Originally Posted by Vince Goodrum

Fuck him. He got off easy with 10 years....he got a break the first time he was caught trafficking from the Grace of God and he rebuked him in return. Sorry but he earned his way into free room and board. I can't feel sorry for someone who continues to fuck up his life with poor choices in life

What did God say about sinners?

You just keep saying your prayers every night before you go to bed and maybe God won't notice you.

**Swiper** · 04-23-2017, 05:00 PM

Originally Posted by Vince Goodrum

Fuck him. He got off easy with 10 years....he got a break the first time he was caught trafficking from the Grace of God and he rebuked him in return. Sorry but he earned his way into free room and board. I can't feel sorry for someone who continues to fuck up his life with poor choices in life

that's harsh.

i know laws are laws but he didn't hurt anyone and there's NO VICTIM to his crimes.

**Curt James** · 04-23-2017, 05:07 PM

Originally Posted by Vince Goodrum

Fuck him. He got off easy with 10 years....he got a break the first time he was caught trafficking from the Grace of God and he rebuked him in return. Sorry but he earned his way into free room and board. I can't feel sorry for someone who continues to fuck up his life with poor choices in life

Call me an enabler or a liberal or whatever, but at times, hey, it's just not a choice.

It's an addiction.

The EMTs don't say, "Oh, fuck him. He overdosed last month. Let's just keep it rollin'. I think there's someone worthy to rescue across town."

So, while you're welcome to your opinion, Vince, you're wrong.

**Curt James** · 04-23-2017, 05:08 PM

Originally Posted by Swiper

that's harsh.

i know laws are laws but he didn't hurt anyone and there's NO VICTIM to his crimes.

Boom. And exactly.

**BananaHammock** · 04-23-2017, 05:53 PM

Originally Posted by Curt James

Call me an enabler or a liberal or whatever, but at times, hey, it's just not a choice.

It's an addiction.

The EMTs don't say, "Oh, fuck him. He overdosed last month. Let's just keep it rollin'. I think there's someone worthy to rescue across town."

So, while you're welcome to your opinion, Vince, you're wrong.

Liberal enabler