"Women are the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. prison population, with almost 80 percent of them incarcerated for drug offenses. The deep perversity of the system lies in the fact that women with the least culpability often get the harshest sentences. Unlike the guilty drug dealer, they often have no information to trade for a better deal from prosecutors and might end up with a harsher sentence than the dealer gets.
Then there are women like Kimba Smith, in California, who probably knew a few things but was so terrified of her abusive boyfriend that she refused to testify against him. ( Those who agree to testify, by the way, frequently are murdered before they have a chance to do so. ) Smith paid for her terrified silence with a 24-year sentence! "
-Walter Cronkite From his "DRUG WAR'S MANDATED INJUSTICE" published in the Domimion Post
I just posted this as an eye-opener for women who may be putting themselves (and thier families) at risk...
Not trying to argue, I just see it as not entirely fair.