Originally Posted by
kutter
My boss has a saying that fits nicely here, 'Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.' It does not matter how harsh we think it is, she took drugs into a foreign country, what do we do to people who bring drugs into our country? Our amounts would be different for prosecution but they would still go to jail, and lest anyone forget THC is still a schedule 1 drug, even if the states and federal government are ignoring that for now.
I think the sentence is completely political and they want to trade people for her. And as Elon Musk also said, if they DO trade for her, every single person in jail for marijuana should be released.
Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam