Thursday, May 1, 2008

Another Casualty of the War on Drugs

When Susan LeFevre was 19, she took $600 from an undercover agent during a heroin sting in Michigan. She was sentenced to 20 years in prison. This was 1970.

She walked away from prison, moved to California and raised a family using an assumed identity. Now more than 30 years later, she has been uncovered by an anonymous tip, arrested and jailed awaiting extradition.

19 years old, 20 years, $600 on an undercover sting.

If she goes back into jail, there is something seriously wrong with this state - but we already know that since we spend more on prisons than higher education.

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