Susan LeFevre, at 19 years old, was sentenced to 10-20 years on a trumped-up drug charge in the 70s. This was during the time that Richard Nixon got "tough" on victimless crimes and coined the phrase "The War on Drugs". Apparently, sentencing 19-year old women to harsh prison sentences benefitted society at one time. Ms. LeFevre busted out of prison in Michigan and has been captured in California after being on the lam for 30+ years. Her status as a danger to society is questionable at best, and this is another sad case in the criminalization of vice. It would be pretty easy to forgive someone for drug use in the 70s. I wasn't alive then, but it seems like narcotics played a large part of mainstream culture. How else would a band like BeeGees achieve such popularity? I figure most people were under the influence of something or another.
Caution: People who thought these guys were cool may have been on something
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