View Full Version : OK drug sentenses are strange



kelroy55
10-02-2014, 11:26 AM
Let me see if I have this right..... people have gone to prison for several years for having pot in OK but a political consultant gets probation for cocaine and other charges?



Before his drug arrest last May, Chad Alexander was considered one of the most influential political consultants and lobbyists in Oklahoma.

On Wednesday, after he pleaded guilty, the judge asked if he has a job.

“Not currently, your honor,” his defense attorney, Tommy Adler, said.

Alexander, 41, of Choctaw, was put on probation for five years after pleading guilty Wednesday to felony cocaine possession.

He also pleaded guilty to another felony, illegally possessing pain pills without a prescription, and to a misdemeanor, obstructing a police officer.

Under a plea deal, he agreed to pay $500 in fines and $500 to a victims’ fund. He agreed to complete 40 hours of community service.

He also agreed to continue the treatment he began for substance dependency after his May 13 arrest in Oklahoma City. That treatment includes attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings at least once weekly.

He agreed to twice monthly drug tests the first year of his probation and random drug tests the second year.

Alexander was arrested during a traffic stop after buying $200 worth of cocaine from a known drug trafficker, police said. The pain pills were found inside his 2014 Mercedes-Benz.

During the traffic stop, he presented a police officer a badge from the Cleveland County district attorney’s office and identified himself at first as an assistant district attorney, police said.

He had been given the badge when he was hired to be a part-time public information officer in 2007. He was last employed in that position in 2008 but kept the badge.

jerrywall
10-02-2014, 11:39 AM
They're inconsistent for sure, and so much depends on your lawyer. I've known folks who have repeated busts for marijuana and meth and keep getting probation, and others who go to jail for first time small possession offenses.

kelroy55
10-02-2014, 01:09 PM
Unfortunately your lawyer depends on your pocketbook.

onthestrip
10-02-2014, 01:10 PM
Being white and having money is quite the legal advantage.

Bunty
10-05-2014, 07:51 PM
Maybe sentences can be lighter for cocaine because it is considered a less harmful drug since marijuana is classified as the most harmful, which is Schedule 1, while cocaine is in Schedule 2.

Chadanth
10-05-2014, 08:14 PM
Being white and having money is quite the legal advantage.

This.

BlackmoreRulz
10-06-2014, 05:18 PM
You could leave the racial crap out of that statement and still have a valid point.........