A copper cent from before 1982 weighs 3.1 grams. A post 1982 zinc cent weighs 2.6 grams. During 1982 both types were minted.
today there are 24 new charges include obstruction of justice, tampering with evidence and perjury.
Guilty plea expected in Mass. drug lab scandal
http://news.yahoo.com/guilty-plea-expected-mass-drug-lab-scandal-070801563.html
She should have received a longer sentence. At least she was convicted, though.
I never get why people are surprised to hear about this kind of thing. Has our justice system ever not been crooked?
There has always been some corruption in every justice system. This doesn’t mean that we should just accept this. If something like this turns up, then the person who is doing it should be punished, and severely enough to possibly deter anyone else who gets the bright idea that s/he can fake a few tests and claim to be incredibly efficient.
She was purportedly a technical professional, with professional ethics in addition to those associated with the legal system.
If you spend two days expelling food violently from either end of your digestive tract, do you shrug it off because food production companies have a history of distributing contaminated food?
Of course not, and I’m not suggesting that this kind of thing be shrugged off either. I am saying that our legal system doesn’t need events like this to make “the whole system look crooked.” The whole system has been crooked for decades, if not since its very inception. “Trustworthy” is not an adjective that can be applied to any aspect of American government; just ask the Native Americans!
Dang, Coasta; you’re onto something. Or maybe on something. In this case, there was one dishonest person who falsified results to make herself look good and a failure of supervision. And what do you know? “The system” is punishing her for that. Whatever your complaints about past abuse of Native Americans by the police and courts are, they have exactly nothing to do with the current issue of malfeasance of this individual.
The judge is presumably following sentencing guidelines and, although I don’t particularly like the sentence myself, has sentenced the perpetrator to prison. Nobody in this case took bribes. She was a loose cannon essentially firing at will by a complete lack of supervision. In a perfect world, her supervisors would also have faced charges. But the “corrupt system” you’re complaining about shut down the malfeant and the lab in which she worked. Looks to me like it wasn’t “the system” being corrupt, but rather an individual who dazzled with bs and some “dazzlees” if you will who were blinded by incredible production numbers.
Now, if you want to rant and rail about how Native Americans have been treated, why not open another thread?
3 to 5 years, really? Wow. That person deserved at least 30 or 40. With a chance of parole after 20 maybe.
They should have added some drug charges after finding cocaine residue in her purse.