Six months in jail is all she gets for bringing dope to a school as a teacher? Not a day of prison? It will probably be Huber law or house arrest too, what a joke.

Why do we even bother 'punishing' criminals or enforcing the law anymore? Just a big waste of time and money.

For this person she will have a felony on her record, six months in prison, no job, and six months of jail time. If she is addicted, the article doesn't mention anything about any help for that aspect of the case. If she is not addicted - she will be spending six months in jail and will have a tough time getting her life sorted out for introducing some narcotics into her system. And we as tax payers are paying for her jail time, as well as all the resources that led up to her arrest.

Clearly we need to get tough on crime, and certainly we must be on the verge of winning the drug war......right?

We spend about 24,000 bucks a year on each of our over, OVER 2 million prisoners.

We have 5% of the world's population and 25% of its prisoners.

i know you dont break the laws. at least last time i checked it wasnt a crime to walk on water;). the original point was that we are number one in the world for incarcerating people. the reason we are is cuz we dont allow enough personal responsibility, not accountability. uncle sam saying its ok to abuse this drug, but if you abuse that drug you are going to jail, is not allowing personal responsibility, its no dift than if he said you can drive this car but not that one.

kid - Exactly. She knew the drug was illegal. She new the consequences and now she has to do the time because it's the law. If she needs to get help for her problem, she needs to want it and she can get it, but it will have to wait. They don't put people who drink in jail because it's legal to drink. I don't make the laws, I just know what happens if I break them. That's personal accountability.

you are missing my point spark. i agree 110% that if jail time is the penalty that they need to 'man up' and do the time. but if they dont take that personal responsibity first that they actually HAVE a problem, the jail time will have little, or more likely, NO affect on whether the person w a problem uses again. do you REALLY think, at this point, jail is what will keep this lady from using heroin again?? why dont we put people abuse alcohol in jail??

Kid- And you think I'm confusing. You said: "Those with drug problems need to be personally accountable and get help..not jail." Guess what, the laws are the laws and if you get busted, jail time is in your future and accepting that is personal accountability. You know that risk going into when you chose the habit. I will never agree. If you get busted with heroin, using, selling, dealing, whatever, you deserve jail time. Sorry man. I'm tired of the poor me stories. They are pathetic.

i made a comment about the blind and you answered it. im 12 for linking the two togethor?? but you're not 12 for being unable to link what im talking about?? did you even read my post?? or did you blindly see what you wanted to see?? cuz thats what i see you seein. i think the first line i typed pretty much agrees with what you are saying spark. if someone risks breaking a law and they get caught breaking that law, yes, shut up and do your time. ive had people comment to me in the past that one of the things they respected about me is that whatever issues i had w alcohol, i never blamed my parents or my upbringing. i blamed myself and my bad choices. what you are failing to see, or at least acknowledge the logic behind it, is that as prounion points out our jailed peeps per capita is the HIGHEST IN THE WORLD. BECAUSE we incarcerate people for nonviolent crimes. ask the lady in this story before she goes to jail if she is ever going to use heroin again. what do you think her answer will be??

you dont think this should be public?? i didnt say it should be made public, i said its a public HEALTH concern, not a public CRIMINAL concern. being criminal is what made it public(that you dont think it should be)knowledge.

your last statement contradicts itself. you are basically saying you believe in personal accountability yet one of the, if not THE biggest arguments for the legal drug folks is personal accountability. uncle sam has no more right to tell me what to do to my body than he has telling me what to drive. in the name of public safety he can only tell me where i can do things to my body and where i must drive. uncle sam telling me is NOT allowing me personal repsonsibility. those with drug problems need to be personally accountable and get help. not jail.

kid - Because I responded to you I'm lumping myself into the blind category? You just lumped yourself into the twelve year old category with that comment. Well done. I still have no sympathy and I don't consider it public. I consider it a piss poor choice.

I was raised that when you screw up, you deal with the consequences. You do the time and you don't blame others, you don't complain the system screwed you and you face things like a man. Funny, I've never had a run in with the law in my life. If you choose to do drugs, deal with what could happen and don't sit here and play a violin about how life isn't fair because the laws aren't fair. It's complete bullsh*#. Get on with life and make some good choices.

if someone breaks a law they deserve jail, or whatever society has set up for consequences, thats obvious. the blind, and i assume cuz you replied to my post about the blind you are lumping yourself in with them;), fail to see prounions point. this lady made a POOR choice to possess heroin on school grounds. she made a POOR choice to try heroin to begin with. but the fact is she is not charged with dealing heroin to kids, or even dealing heroin. she is charged with POSSESSION of heroin. a non violent crime. jail will do nothing to deter this woman from using heroin again. believe it or not but jail is actually where a lot of people learn to become criminals. this lady has a problem with drugs. there are a lot of people out there who have problems with drugs, legal and non. that does not make them criminals. drug problems should be a public health issue not a criminal one.

Little harsh kid. Because I see it that someone made a piss poor decision and I have no sympathy for them, doesn't make me blind. There's this little thing called accountability that many people seem to constantly forget. It's quite alarming.

Well, I guess with the land of the free, comes some harsh consequences for ones actions. I wouldn't trade what we have in this Country for any other Country, ever. Of course, I'm not sitting in jail because of my actions either.

i dont think the blind can see that info prounion

Did you know that per capita we have more people in jail than any nation on earth? By a long shot - way above number 2: Russia.

Sorry if what I was saying was confusing. My point was this. I've read many posts from people saying the drug laws are too harsh. Almost like a sob story for the user. I've also read many posts from people saying rehab doesn't work or the system failed them. Which is it? The way I see it, you made a choice and I will always believe it's a choice. It may not be a choice once you're addicted to it, but that comes with the choice. Does she deserve rehab and help? Of course. But, she also deserves time because she broke the law, especially when it was near a school and children.

spark: I guess I don't really understand what you are writing. Rehab works and medical treatment is part of most rehab programs. I think TerryWright is just stating that he believes it is better to medically treat the addicted rather than just jail them.

Thank you for reiterating my point. So in other words, these people are helpless. According to everyone that says rehab, prison, anything related to the crime is useless.

spark: Rehab does work for many. There are millions of people who have proven this point.

oh, and FYI...she was on school grounds where kids were present. That deserves jail time my friend. I don't give a sh*# if someone has a drug problem or not. That's crossing the line. Period.

TerryWright - Funny, I've read tons of posts from people on here claiming that rehab doesn't work either. Then they go on to say that heroin, etc should be legalized. So if you're saying prison doesn't work and others are saying rehab doesn't work and sorry, but there's no way in hell legalizing heroin would work, what is your solution?

Excellent work.

Jail time, should be federal prison time for possession on school grounds, PARTICULARLY for those entrusted with our children as students.

Where do you draw the line then for heroin and cocaine users vs. dealers? What's the incentive for not dealing cocaine and/or heroin if we are just going to "treat" them with counselling? A WHOLE LOTTA PEOPLE need to wake up before more kids are found dead.

TerryWright: Your posting is right on target. Believe it or not, more than just a few of us Americans agree with you 100 percent on this issue.

She needs help not jail. How the hell is jail going to help someone with a drug addiction?

And hasn't she got enough to deal with? Drug addiction, permanent criminal record and all the other penalties dished out by the state. I am fascinated how the US treat drug users and the insatiable hunger to punish them. Drug use is a medical issue and until your country realises it, you will remain with the largest prison population in the world. Simply getting tough on drugs has never worked as you have some of the harshest drug laws but also have the highest number of users as well.

I sure hope she gets her stuff together.
She is a grown-up, and I hope she doesn't teach anymore.
Perhaps she can learn from this experience and grow.
She got busted, and kept doing BS while out on bond. You would have thought, once caught, she would have straightened up, but she kept on.

Anyone ever think that they may have offered her a deal if she will testify against Compton?

I agree with kid's first post and feel (somewhat) bad for this girl. I hope she turns it around as well although the skeptic in me says the odds are against that.

what does that have to do with me?? they take pot off the streets every day. its kewl tho. for every 100 pounds they take there are 200 more pounds waiting to be harvested. they could arrest 1000 peeps with a 100 pounds each and i promise it will not put a dent in marijuana business. cute story tho. clever way to transport it.

Kid eat your heart out
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DALLAS – A casket minus a cadaver yielded nearly 100 pounds of marijuana after a traffic stop in Dallas. William Dale Crock of Cave City, Ark., was in jail Friday on a marijuana possession charge, plus traffic and seat beat violations. Dallas police say Crock was arrested Wednesday when bundles of marijuana were discovered under the casket's cover and pillow.

Sr. Cpl. Kevin Janse (JAN'-see) told said the van turned up during surveillance on a suspected drug house. Police stopped the van in Mesquite, after noticing Crock not wearing a seat belt. Officers also said he allegedly ran a red light and did an improper lane change.

A drug-sniffing dog alerted officers to the casket in the van.

And what about Compton? THAT sentence, if they ever stop coddling him, is sure to be a joke.

tinkerb45: You're stretching it a bit ...

Slap on the wrist for someone contributing to the drug trade that kills thousands, funds terrorists, and puts our soldiers in harms way.

She will lose her teaching license permenantly, unless she is given special dispensation by the DPI which I doubt will happen. Even possesion, or buying alcohol for a minor can cost you your teaching license forever.

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She'd BETTER lose her teaching certificate!
Curiosity... yeah, ok.... guess what? Ya do Heroin - ya lose your license to be anywhere NEAR children!

Go dig some ditches!

The sentence seems appropriate for the crime committed. Also taking into account that she will likely lose her teaching license, possibly permanently, she is paying a significant price.

Excellent post, kid!!!

ever sat in jail for 6 months?? not a slap on the wrist. especially when her crime was ONLY hurting herself. donte stallworth just got sentenced to 30 days for intoxicated vehicle manslaughter. THAT is a slap on the wrist and THAT should be an insult to EVERYONE as to how the judicial system works...or rather doesnt.

What do you think first-time offenders normally get? Life?

Maybe now she will get her life on tract anyone can become addicted to alcohol/ drugs even food, lets give her a chance .

Only 6 months in jail and 3 yrs. probation? A slap on the wrist.