Janesville man could get a second life sentence
A Janesville man faces life in prison for a second time after jurors in federal court Wednesday convicted him of distributing a controlled substance.
Christopher C. Bell, 34, had been sentenced to life in prison in 1998 after being convicted of running a large-scale crack sales operation in Beloit. Bell later was re-sentenced to 12 years and eight months after Congress retroactively reduced the penalties for crack convictions.
U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb set Bell’s sentencing for Nov. 20 for possession of five or more grams of crack.
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Sep 17, 2009 at 8:22 p.m.
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The headline says "Janesville Man".
Just curious, but when did his residency move from Beloit to Janesville?...when he became a resident of the Rock County Jail?
Sep 17, 2009 at 1:29 p.m.
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Yes, a he used a front business called Vision Plus.
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-6561777....
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bobb1951, it is not double jeopardy if the prior conviction was set aside.
Sep 17, 2009 at 11:15 a.m.
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people are hurt by drugs all the time seabee. most notably the hundreds of thousands who die every year from alcohol/tobacco.
Sep 17, 2009 at 10:56 a.m.
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Drugs don't hurt anybody.....
Sep 17, 2009 at 10:36 a.m.
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no
Sep 17, 2009 at 9:50 a.m.
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Could this be double jeporady?
Sep 17, 2009 at 9:10 a.m.
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There we go. We re-sentence him 7 times @ 12 years each.
Sep 17, 2009 at 8:37 a.m.
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Is that like being double burned in Hell?
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