12 Responses to “Woman Sentenced To 25 Years For Drug Trafficking”

1. RD on June 28th, 2011 2:55 pm

   I agree with you David Huie and my first thought wsa that she probably already had a record of some kind.
   My other thoughts are that (A) these hyrocodone pills were possibly stolen in the first place or (B) whoever is dispensing them to her on a prescription obviously are not doing drug screens on her to see if she has any in her system. Drug screens are not done just to see if there is too much in the system, but also to see if there is not enough. If there is not enough then it’s pretty obvious the person is doing something else with the meds instead of taking them themselves. Either way a crime has been committed.

2. David Huie Green on June 27th, 2011 4:49 pm

   REGARDING:
   ” I Hope the laws change but they wont until we get off our butts and change it”

   But if they change the laws to make it legal to buy and sell as much as you want without a prescription, she wouldn’t make any money on the sales. In fact folks wouldn’t even buy from her in the first place; they’d just go buy what they wanted from the store–cut out the middleman, save money.

   That would force her into some other line of business. She’d already rejected legal lines of business.

   David considering how drugs are profitable
   only because they’re illegal

3. Larry on June 26th, 2011 7:33 pm

   This woman got 25 years for selling prescription medication. Someone who sells meth to our children gets a slap on the wrist and a chance to go to rehab. We do not know what this ladies situation was. She may have been trying to pay her bills. I am not condoning her actions but I am saying that she got the proverbial shaft by the court system. Damn a point system. Sometimes you have to look at the person as a whole…these courts do what they call presentence evaluations before sentencing..never asking family and friends about why she may be selling her medication. Never asking what her financial situation may be or if maybe she was hungry or anything…NO! just what a stupid computer says about her and now they are sending her away for 25 years….SMH I Just don’t understand. A child molester gets psychiatric help and let back on the street . They put a woman away for 25 years for this….Can you say WTH is wrong with our legal system I am so sorry for her. I Hope the laws change but they wont until we get off our butts and change it.

4. 429SCJ on June 26th, 2011 8:59 am

   It might have been better if she had been busted years ago, Its a little late in life to have to take this lesson, it would have been better if she had never started.

5. Perhaps on June 25th, 2011 10:44 pm

   I agree that the sentence seems harsh, but I think the reason for the 25 year sentence is that this is likely not a first offense. The way I understand it is that our courts are set up on a ‘point system’ (whereas each count against an individual holds a point “value”) – for instance, if a person commits a misdemeanor crime and receives .8 points on their record …and later commits a first degree felony with a point penalty of 60 points…then their sentence for the felony will be representative of the total (accumulated) number of points on their record (in my example, their points would equal 60.8). The judge then sentences the individual accordingly, with the starting point for the term of imprisonment being the minimum sentence for someone with 60.8 points on their record.

   I looked for ‘Sharon Ward’ on the public records website, and IF this is the same person as the results that I found…then this is definately not a first offense and she likely has quite a few points on her record (hence the seemingly extreme sentence). Again, I’m not sure if they’re all the same person…but I counted over ten felonies(granted, some were multiple counts under the same dates) and numerous misdemeanors as well.

   Perhaps her past simply caught up with her (?).

6. David Huie Green on June 25th, 2011 10:36 pm

   REGARDING:
   ” Is this the max or just the mandatory amount of time.”

   Included in the article is the statement: “- – - received the 25-year mandatory sentence – - -” So this means the legislature set the penalty for that specific crime.

   While I would like to legalize all drugs and live with the associated deaths, only punishing those who hurt or endangered others in the process, the idea behind the law is that a drug trafficker is hurting many people by supplying and encouraging their illegal use of drugs. This will directly kill a number of drug users and will encourage assorted other crimes to pay for the drug use.

   Thus, she is part of a network of criminal activity involved in willfully killing and robbing people all around the country. It even finances terrorists (for example opium sales helped finance 9/11 terrorists) and destabilizes countries, leading to civil wars with thousands killed.

   The amount she sold the informant is not the sum total of her involvement. It is just proof of her involvement.

   In contrast, most killers just kill one person, usually in drunken or doped up anger. So, yes, what she does is worse than say a drunk or stupid kid at a party shooting some other kid out of stupidity. The kid probably won’t kill again. If she gets out, she probably WILL kill again through her illegal drug trafficking and for money not out of anger or jealousy.

   David contemplating proper responses

7. Dennis on June 25th, 2011 7:42 pm

   I agree the sentences are screwy. But, complaining on here does nothing to change it. Contact Tallahassee.

8. greg on June 25th, 2011 5:52 pm

   easy solution. don’t sell or take dope.

9. JIM W on June 25th, 2011 3:21 pm

   I am not going to try and defend what this woman did but, it does seem like an extreme sentence. You have people who murder people getting off with less time. I think it is time the laws are taken a look at and possibly redone. Wow that is a lot of time. We all know she did wrong based on the conviction. Is this the max or just the mandantory amout of time. If it is the max the she must have made someone mad at her in the justis system like the judge maybe. I am shocked.

10. Kathy on June 25th, 2011 12:43 pm

    AMEN, rmd!!!

11. JOHN on June 25th, 2011 11:29 am

    See, kill someone 36 months…….sell drugs 25 years……does it make sense??

12. rmd on June 25th, 2011 9:50 am

    THAT IS TO ALOT OF YEARS FOR SUCH A CRIME. PEOPLE THATS DONE MURDER HAS GOT LESS.THATS THE REASON THE PRISONS ARE OVER CROWED NOW.OUR TAXES WE WILL HAVE TO PAY TO KEEP HER THERE.DOCTORS SHOULD QUIT GIVING SO MANY OF THESE PILLS OUT.MY SON IN LAW KILLED HISSELF BECAUSE A DOCTOR KEPT GIVING HIM PILLS LIKE THAT .HE ONLY GOT PROBATION AND A FINE. FIGURE THAT.HE MUST OF HAD MONEY TO PAY HIS WAY OUT.GO FIGURE.