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发帖数: 29846 | 1 Federal Prosecutor: 'Drug Trafficking Is Inherently Violent’
By Penny Starr | July 21, 2015 | 8:03 AM EDT
(CNSNews.com) - Steve Cook, president of the National Association of
Assistant United States Attorneys (NAAUSA), said his organization opposes
President Barack Obama's decision to commute the sentences of 46 convicted
felons and his push for more lenient sentences for "low-level," "non-violent
" drug traffickers.
“Drug trafficking is inherently violent. You keep hearing the phrase ‘non-
violent drug offenders' -- it’s a misnomer,” Cook said at a news
conference on Friday. "Drug trafficking is inherently violent and the
penalties are necessary.”
Cook, who works as an assistant U.S. attorney in Chattanooga, Tenn.,
defended minimum, mandatory sentences for drug traffickers as an important
tool to dismantle drug trafficking organizations.
In announcing the commutations last week, President Obama described the 46
felons as people “engaged in non-violent drug offenses” who deserve a
second chance. Many of the 46 were crack or cocaine dealers.
Cook said people who don’t understand the violence involved in drug
trafficking have not been on the front lines of the battle:
“They haven’t stood next to the casket of an 18-year-old and listened to
the mother cry about having lost her only child to pills that were peddled
on the street for profit,” Cook said. “They haven’t been in the front
seat of a car and extracted the parents while their 7- and 8-year-old
daughters lay in the back seat dead because they were hit head-on by someone
drugged up on illegal and controlled substances that they had obtained
unlawfully.
“They probably haven’t visited neonatal wards and watched as babies go
through withdrawals because they’re mother was addicted – in my district
often times – methamphetamine -– it’s horrible and tragic consequences
that we see,” Cook said.
NAAUSA has written a letter to Senate and House leaders, opposing the
creation and passage of legislation to reduce minimum mandatory sentences
for drug trafficking. The letter is signed by 29 federal law enforcement
officials and prosecutors, including former U.S. Attorney Generals William
Barr and Michael Mukasey and former Director of the White House Office of
National Drug Control Policy William Bennett.
“We believe the American people will be ill-served by the significant
reduction of sentences for federal drug trafficking crimes that involve the
sale and distribution of dangerous drugs like heroin, methamphetamines and
PCP,” the letter states.
Cook said that NAAUSA members are not politicians or lobbyists, and this is
the first time since the association was formed in the 1990s that the
organization has spoken out publically on an issue.
“We at the National Association of Assistant United States Attorneys think
that this is one of the most important issues of our time,” Cook said. “In
our view, it’s a serious public safety issue. Our view is, simply, the
federal justice system is not broken, and Congress should not soften the
penalties for drug trafficking.”
Cook noted that many of the convicted criminals are repeat offenders who
have committed significant offenses. “Our prosecutorial efforts are focused
on the worst of the worst,” he said.
When asked by CNSNews.com about President Barack Obama’s 46 grants of
clemency, Cook cited Robert Joe Young of Alabama as an example of a violent
drug trafficker.
According to the Justice Department, Young was convicted of conspiracy to
possess and intent to distribute both methamphetamine and cocaine, as well
as use of a firearm and carrying a firearm while drug trafficking; and
obstruction of justice. He received a 20-year prison sentence in 2002, as
well as five years' supervised release.
The commutation of his sentence means he will leave prison this November.
Cullman County Sheriff Matt Gentry, head of the Alabama law enforcement team
that arrested Young, told the local ABC affiliate that it was the second
time Young, 52, had been arrested for methamphetamine dealing and that his
sentence reduction sends the wrong message.
"As a society, we should not send a message to the communities that drug
dealers are not violent criminals, because they are," Gentry told WTVM.com "
They kill our society with their drugs."
Gentry also noted that Young pleaded guilty to the charges against him.
"It appears, from Mr. Young's paperwork, he pleaded guilty to 20 years,”
Gentry said. “He must have thought it was a fair sentence.” | a*********a
发帖数: 3656 | 2 这是liberal反对broken window policing的延伸。事实就是犯过毒品“软”罪的，日
后犯暴力罪的比例显著高于一般人群。对街头混混放任不管的地区，暴力犯罪率显著高
于其他。这不仅是统计关联，背后有很明显的，几乎是常识性的逻辑解释。
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【在 l****z 的大作中提到】
: Federal Prosecutor: 'Drug Trafficking Is Inherently Violent’
: By Penny Starr | July 21, 2015 | 8:03 AM EDT
: (CNSNews.com) - Steve Cook, president of the National Association of
: Assistant United States Attorneys (NAAUSA), said his organization opposes
: President Barack Obama's decision to commute the sentences of 46 convicted
: felons and his push for more lenient sentences for "low-level," "non-violent
: " drug traffickers.
: “Drug trafficking is inherently violent. You keep hearing the phrase ‘non-
: violent drug offenders' -- it’s a misnomer,” Cook said at a news
: conference on Friday. "Drug trafficking is inherently violent and the
| T*********I
发帖数: 10729 | 3 奥巴马没脸，只有对于犯罪的效忠。
看看他任内的事情就知道。
给贩毒罪犯减刑，不敢说伊斯兰极端主义，从伊拉克撤军，频频向全世界其它国家道歉
，只在国内对中产阶级说，你们要多交税这样才“公平”。
一个欺软怕硬的标准左派。 | X***R
发帖数: 2410 | 4 他们也在努力实现 America Dream 啊，
犯罪分子的梦想或者美国梦，就是偷盗抢劫贩毒不受法律制裁, 呵呵
【在 T*********I 的大作中提到】
: 奥巴马没脸，只有对于犯罪的效忠。
: 看看他任内的事情就知道。
: 给贩毒罪犯减刑，不敢说伊斯兰极端主义，从伊拉克撤军，频频向全世界其它国家道歉
: ，只在国内对中产阶级说，你们要多交税这样才“公平”。
: 一个欺软怕硬的标准左派。
| a***e
发帖数: 27968 | 5 吸毒，藏毒不算大罪还有点说头
贩毒不是重罪真尼玛脑袋被驴踢了
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non-
【在 l****z 的大作中提到】
: Federal Prosecutor: 'Drug Trafficking Is Inherently Violent’
: By Penny Starr | July 21, 2015 | 8:03 AM EDT
: (CNSNews.com) - Steve Cook, president of the National Association of
: Assistant United States Attorneys (NAAUSA), said his organization opposes
: President Barack Obama's decision to commute the sentences of 46 convicted
: felons and his push for more lenient sentences for "low-level," "non-violent
: " drug traffickers.
: “Drug trafficking is inherently violent. You keep hearing the phrase ‘non-
: violent drug offenders' -- it’s a misnomer,” Cook said at a news
: conference on Friday. "Drug trafficking is inherently violent and the
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