After being convicted of multiple counts of rape and sentenced to 30 years in prison, Alabama’s Austin Smith Clem is scheduled to spend exactly ZERO days behind bars, after the judge in the case unilaterally decided to reduce Clem’s sentence to probation, counseling and community service. In a country that’s gone mad for mandatory minimums, condemning non-violent drug offenders …
55 Years in Prison for a Non-Violent Drug Offense? (Rocky Anderson)
In this video, former Salt Lake City Mayor and 2012 Justice Party presidential candidate Rocky Anderson decries the horrific social and financial consequences of mandatory minimum sentencing laws, sharing the outrageous case of Weldon Angelos, condemned to spend 55 years in federal prison for non-violent drug offenses. Even the Republican judge in the case regarded the sentence as excessive, …