These men received 505-year prison sentences each. Now their cases are under new scrutiny

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These men each received 505-year prison sentences. Now their cases are under new scrutiny.

On an August afternoon in 1991, a federal judge in California sent an unmistakable message in the"war on drugs" when he sentenced four men convicted of laundering cocaine cartel cash to more than 500 years each in prison.

None of the men had previous criminal records. Nor were they convicted of direct involvement in the massive cocaine distribution ring at the center of the case. The sentences by US District Court Judge William D. Keller were considered harsh even back then and represent the sort of draconian punishment that has since been widely condemned amid a national conversation around justice reform.

 

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Seriously ? Just because they are white !!!!

So the FBI is corrupt ? 😎

Hey they're all white for a change.

But but where did their white privilege go?

What are you going to do? Take off 500 years?

505 years. No wonder America's judges are total buffoons.

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