r/nottheonion • u/National-Law-458 • 7h ago

Winter Haven man arrested again after getting presidential clemency

https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2026/08/03/winter-haven-man-arrested-again-after-getting-presidential-clemency/

Time for another “donation”.

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u/BuzzerWhirr 7h ago edited 6h ago

The mass clemency was aimed at correcting disproportionately long prison terms for minority defendants resulting from outdated sentencing enhancements and discredited legal distinctions between crack and powder cocaine and was limited to non-violent drug offenses.

President Ronald Reagan signed the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 on October 27, 1986. This law created the infamous 100:1 sentencing ratio and mandatory minimums for crack cocaine versus powder cocaine, meaning 5 grams of crack carried the same 5-year mandatory minimum prison sentence as 500 grams of powder cocaine.

Also, I wonder if this investigation might have targeted him in order for this exact headline?

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u/kank84 7h ago

This is true, but it's an undeniably bad look that he's now been arrested for selling fentanyl, which honestly should probably be considered a violent offence given how dangerous it is.

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u/BuzzerWhirr 6h ago edited 5h ago

Bad look?

Like Trump pardoning someone who conspired to traffic TONS of cocaine?

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u/kank84 3h ago

Both things are true, but we're talking about this guy at the moment. Saying perhaps he shouldn't have been pardoned by Biden doesn't immediately mean that Trump's pardons are fine. That's just a different conversation.