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Houston resident Eddie Darnell Bassett has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for possession of cough syrup found in his vehicle during a traffic stop. Lexington, Texas resident James Anderson, whose car was searched during a traffic stop for an expired registration tag, was more fortunate: A gratuitous charge of “possession of a dangerous substance” – in his case, a bottle of ibuprofen – was dismissed by a judge.
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Crikey…in Florida a fella was given 161 years in prison for a first offence (armed-robbery while black):
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1221058–florida-first-offender-gets-161-years-in-prison