tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576246045591350665.post6200651677481174667..comments2024-03-28T02:56:24.753-07:00Comments on Gangsters Out Blog: Punitive Punishment and Equal Protection of the LawDennis Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06736981069304416233noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576246045591350665.post-90931437289403050352018-06-22T18:51:30.921-07:002018-06-22T18:51:30.921-07:00Actually private corrections operations in the US ...Actually private corrections operations in the US are fewer than years ago, largely of course due to various scandals and abuses that became public. In any event none of that is relevant here, the US Bureau of Prisons is a Federal agency and is most assuredly not privatized.<br /><br />In line with the theme of you (e.a.f.) often not having a clue WTF you're talking about, the Federal system is a much better place to do time comparative to the various State Departments of Correction, some of which are absolute nightmare's. trailrunner78https://www.blogger.com/profile/06694102447472594355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576246045591350665.post-8248787235403118022018-06-22T17:11:41.827-07:002018-06-22T17:11:41.827-07:00That's kind of my point. What we are seeing is...That's kind of my point. What we are seeing is unequal protection of the law. I didn't say you questioned my support of Clay Roueche, others have. <br /><br />What was Clay charged with? Drug trafficking. Usually people in the US plea because of the crazy alternatives they face. 30 years for drug trafficking is a long time. Freeway Ricky, the LA King of crack cocaine got 16.5 years. Seeings how his arrest was unlawful, letting him transfer back to Canada would be the right thing to do.Dennis Watsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06736981069304416233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576246045591350665.post-33090070814989005422018-06-22T14:07:41.705-07:002018-06-22T14:07:41.705-07:00All Canadian citizens ought to have the right to b...All Canadian citizens ought to have the right to be brought back to Canada to serve their sentences. American prisons are not a good place for anyone, even criminals. I'm not saying Canadian prisons are a whole lot better, but at least people will closer to their families and support network. <br /><br />Many American prisons are FOR PROFIT, PRIVATE CORPORATIONS. The prison system ought not to be a method of making money on the N.Y. stock exchange. Bring the guy back to Canada.e.a.f.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06244666617774794918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576246045591350665.post-26790492947503978632018-06-21T22:15:10.310-07:002018-06-21T22:15:10.310-07:00There are a lot of completely valid questions ther...There are a lot of completely valid questions there. I have not questioned your support of Clay Roueche, you are of course free to support whomever you like, and I too like his art. Better than 90% of the other shit out there calling itself that. I'm simply saying that he's guilty of what he was charged with, he's admitted all that, and he's not getting out of a US Prison until he's done 27 years of the 30 he was given according to Federal guidelines. As far as how they got they're hands on him, yeah I think it's pretty clear DEA called up their compadres SOTB and said "Hey, we'd appreciate it if you'd deny him entry and put him on a flight back to Van that coincidentally has a US stopover". They even had time to get a US Marshal down there to ride to Dallas with him. He should not have been leaving Canada at all after he got that big. That was his fatal mistake, Canada would probably never have extradited him either. <br /><br />It's undoubtedly cold comfort, but he might have been dead by now but for his incarceration. A lot of his peer group is. <br /><br />I personally wouldn't have a problem with him doing 20 years instead of 30, but the only way that's going to happen is if he gets that transfer to Canada so he can do 10 years on parole. Unfortunately for him that's as likely as Hillary Clinton doing time for all the felonies she did.trailrunner78https://www.blogger.com/profile/06694102447472594355noreply@blogger.com