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Police Put Drug Dealers On Notice After Man’s Life Sentence
September 21, 2017
An Escambia County Jury convicted Marcus Dewayne Jackson for first degree murder by distribution of heroin in the death of Jim Cady.
Judge Gary Bergosh presided over the two day trial and after the jury verdict sentenced 35-year old Marcus DeWayne Jackson to life in prison. Under Florida law, he is not eligible for parole.
On November 20, 2015, the Pensacola Police Department found Cady deceased in a halfway house on Barcelona Street in Pensacola. An investigation determined that Jackson sold a quantity of heroin to Cady on November 19, 2015. A medical examiner’s report determined that heroin was the victim’s cause of death.
Under Florida law, a person who distributes a controlled substance to a person which results in their death has committed first degree murder by distribution of heroin. This prosecution is the first conviction under this statute in the First Judicial Circuit.
State Attorney Bill Eddins, stated that his office will vigorously prosecute heroin dealers whose actions result in the death of addicts who are captives of this dangerous drug.
“This is another example of excellent police work from Sgt. Parsons and Sgt. Hubley,” said Pensacola Police Chief Tommi Lyter. “I can’t stress the importance of this case to our continued fight against drug dealing within the city of Pensacola, all drug dealers should be on notice.”
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20 Responses to “Police Put Drug Dealers On Notice After Man’s Life Sentence”
He most certainly will not probably face life due to political reasons possibly prison overcrowding or prison funding issues. Prison space and budgets are already tight and it’s not cheap to house one prisoner, yes it will become a larger burden on the already burdened taxpayer and they will have to figure something else out. Now if he had federal charges and went to federal prison under the past administration he would have been eligible for release.
Oh, and
according to the CDC, in 2015, 10,265 people died in alcohol-impaired driving crashes in the United States.
https://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/impaired_driving/impaired-drv_factsheet.html
Rather than 25,000.
That is still a lot, but real numbers are preferable
David for lower numbers
REGARDING:
“We fill our jails with dopes and mopes who peddle harmful substances which folks voluntarily choose to use, yet every sporting event has a beer commercial where close to 25k people die each year from drunk drivers, yet we the taxpayers will pay 50k a year for another non violent person”
Again, we do not fill our jails with non violent offenders.
55.3% of Florida inmates as of March 31, 2017 were in for violent crimes,
21.2% were in for property offenses
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Only 14.5% were in for drug offenses — such as selling heroin to others.
About 7 out of every 50.
This gentleman is special in that he sold heroin at deadly purity, killing nearly instantly rather than over time, during which time the user could decide to stop using and not die of heroin. Interesting that you consider selling a lethally concentrated dose nonviolent.
I guess we should play “catch and release” with him in hopes he will continue to kill users??
And while I don’t drink or smoke — despite the ads — and never encourage anyone to do so, there are those who do so without driving and killing while under the influence or dying of alcohol-related medical problems.
Also, there are those who smoke without dying from smoking-related diseases.
For instance, smoking didn’t kill my father, just left him with a hole in his throat to breathe through for some 20 miserable years. His choice. He played the odds and sort of won while definitely losing.
David for fewer regrets
Ok how about putting drunk drivers on notice they kill people who are not even involved in their mess and get a few years heck they might even get counseling. I understand him selling drugs yes that is a crime and wrong. But he did not kill him. And life in prison without parole. I’m so glad I was not part of that circus that made this decision or even his defense attorney I could not sleep at night. I wish I was an attorney though I would help this guy because I’ve heard that the grand jury didn’t even think this would go. And it just seems they used him for an example. And that’s not worth life.
Doctors do not cause their patients to become addicted to drugs. Doctors write a prescription that states “one tablet, twice daily” (or something like that) and the patient chooses to take 15 in a single day. If you feel your doctor is causing you to be addicted, how about this, quit going to the doctor. Heroin is illegal…distributing heroin is illegal…..that’s the bottom line in this case. The “victim” who chose to ingest heroin got the death sentence, the distributor got life. How can anyone think this is unfair?
I think life is a bit extreme too. However, here’s an idea: Don’t be stupid enough to start smoking/snorting/shooting/swallowing this crap to start with! No consumption of addictive drugs, legal or illegal, no addition to them. Simple. The user bears some responsibility too.
Well then what about Drs. Who cause their patients to become addicted and die by overdose. Same thing is it?When will we see Drs. Serving life sentences. The jump from pills to heroin is pretty short anyway.
While you really can’t compare apples to apples heroin and tobacco, you still have a problem to deal with. Go to the Philippines and see how President Duterte is dealing with their drug problem. He simply has the police go to the drug dens and houses, drags the dealers and users into the streets, and puts a bullet through their cranium end of story. I don’t think that’s the answer also, but it has brought down crime in a lot of the country and to date 8,000 fewer drug dealers and 1,500,000 folks related to drugs have turned themselves in.
Mr. Eddins is always talking about the grand jury. I bet they didn’t even think there was enough evidence.
That is pretty twisted. I am praying for this man. Heroin is the grim reaper. Hopefully he will embrace the only way to defeat the grim reaper while behind bars. I pray that 1 day he will be born again before he dies.
He bought drugs the day before he was dead? I’m not going for this it’s ridiculously insane to send this person to prison for life for this. It seems he was just used as an example. His lawyer should be ashamed of herself. She could have fought for a better jury.
That’s so messed up if that’s the case then why don’t they go send all these distributors of alcohol that cause deaths from drinking and driving for selling them the alcohol that they are addicted to and sentience them to life in prison how can they call one thing okay but not another
The heroin dealers need to get with the program and get a lobbyist to make their trade legal
@Bewildered — The “vices” use to bring crime and violence before being made legal.
The hypocrisy of this law is obvious. We fill our jails with dopes and mopes who peddle harmful substances which folks voluntarily choose to use, yet every sporting event has a beer commercial where close to 25k people die each year from drunk drivers, yet we the taxpayers will pay 50k a year for another non violent person getting free room and board on taxpayers, while the folks who sell alcohol, smokes, and chew have killed millions and we think this type of sentencing is intelligent. Politicians pass stupid laws to pretend they are getting tough on social problems dealing with addiction and we are being bankrupted by the short sighted nature of a failed criminal justice system.
Tobacco company CEO/Stock holders should be charged with murder as well when their addicts die from using their drugs.
@SHO-NUFF the key word is “legal”.
I look at it this way, whether it is legal or illegal drugs, we should give the addicted an opportunity to get clean in a legitimate long term program. The addict will then need to stay clean or if they relapse and die from it then that is on them. With regard to alcohol and tobacco use, they may be dying, but each of these people know the consequences of using these products. I am a nurse and when we offer people help to stop smoking 99.99 percent refuse.
Sho-nuff’s statement is valid, but these vices do not bring the crime and violence with them as these dangerous substances. Make heroin and cocain legal?. The question is do we need to draw a line and where? The violence in St. Louis because of the police shooting of a known heroin dealer clearly shows a lot of people prefer to keep pushers of dangerous drugs around their children. It’s a tug of war between two segments of society – law and order against a mindset that its your right to forcefully take whatever you want.
The deaths related to heroin overdoses are nothing compared to the deaths caused each year by tobacco and alcohol.
Both legal and a big money maker tax wise.