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This is part of a deal to get some people convicted (in Russia) of spying on behalf of the U.S. back into the U.S. -- so it's "spy for a spy" so to speak.
If someone facing charges for marijuana possession has something to offer the prosecution that the prosecutor finds interesting and/or wants (like information on a more serious criminal and/or crime), they can get a deal, too. It sucks, but it is what it is: the way the prosecutor's game is played, pure and simple.
If you want to find better indication of our national criminal justice-related priorities being out of line, look at the sentencing for the crime the defendant is charged with, not the deals they are offered, which are based largely on something other than the crime alleged in the case.
For example, look at the sentence being faced by the fellow accused of contracting to sell shoulder-launched missiles to an FBI agent who was posing as a terrorist, and compare that to the maximum sentence Rob Black could have been hit with if he had been convicted of all the counts in his obscenity trial, instead of copping a plea.
You will not be happy with what you find when you make that comparison.
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Q. Boyer
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