sherman said:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but they can't go to jail NOW for saying they did steroids before.....I mean, if I called my local PD today and told them I smoked a blunt last night, they cannot arrest me.
Actually, if the Feds want to pursue it they can. They probably won't.
I met plenty of people in prison who were serving time for activities they had engaged in years before. The worst case of all was this one guy who used to sell marijuana. No accusations of guns or violence or anything like that, he was a medium sized dealer. He got 100% out of the business in 1983, went into real estate. He was living the square life.
In 1991, someone else got caught with 13 pounds of marijuana, they ratted on someone else to save their tail, who ratted on someone else to save their tail, who ratted on the man I am speaking about to save their tail. So the Feds went after him in 1991, he pointed out that they were past the statute of limitations. But they wanted names which he would not give them. So they said, "You're right, we are past the statute of limitations, however, you used someof the money you made back in 1983 les than 7 years ago. So we'll just charge you with money laundering and mention the marijuana at sentencing as a relvant conduct."
The man went to trial and lost. He got 22 years, heh's been in 13 now. His son was 1 year old when he went away.
Does this make sense to anyone? I'd like to believe it was an isolated incident but there are plenty of similar cases.