Broward Co. to vacate convictions for people who bought crack made by the Sheriff's Office

[In It to Win It]

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (CBS12) — For three years, the Broward County Sheriff’s Office produced its own crack cocaine, so it could sell it to people that deputies would then arrest for buying crack cocaine.

It was a practice the Florida state Supreme Court repeatedly described as “outrageous” in its 1993 ruling that such reverse-stings violated an individual’s right to due process. More than 30 years later, though, a routine audit of documents found hundreds of those arrests and convictions are still on the books and part of people’s criminal records.

On Friday, the State Attorney for Broward County Harold Pryor announced his office planned to do something about that, declaring, “it is never too late to do the right thing.”

“These records may be a dim memory or an unfortunate part of history to many, but they have had a long-lasting and severe impact on the lives of the people who were arrested – as well as their families and the wider community,” Pryor added.

https://cbs12.com/news/local/broward-county-to-vacate-convictions-for-people-who-bought-crack-made-by-sheriffs-office-supreme-court-reverse-sting-1993-ruling-state-attorney

[Sweet Rosie Red]

1. Justice delayed is justice denied.

Better late than never. How much “homemade”crack was planted? Or sold by the cops themselves?

Floriduh!

[littlemissmartypants]

4. Or used by these psychopath cops?

[70sEraVet]

2. Wouldn't it have been ILLEGAL for the Sheriff Department to make crack?!?

And to then sell that crack?!? Did the judges know about this when they sentenced their victims?!?
This must have been around the same time that the FBI 'arranged' to have Mayor Marion Barry busted for possession.

[littlemissmartypants]

5. Psychopaths are everywhere.

Characteristics of Psychopaths

1. Aggressive, callous, and cunning
2. Complete absence of conscience and empathy
3. Very adept at manipulating others
4. Willingness to engage in immoral, criminal conduct
5. Willingness to take what they want and do as they please, regardless of who is hurt or wronged
6. Deceptive ability to appear outwardly benevolent
7. Deceptive ability to behave in superficially charming ways to hide purely selfish motives
8. Willingness to use intimidation and violence to control others in order to satisfy their own needs
9. Willingness to intentionally violate the basic inherent human rights of others
10. Complete absence of any sense of guilt or remorse for the harm their actions have caused to others
11. Rationalization of their own immoral behavior
12. Will attempt to lay blame upon someone else for their own conduct
13. Denial, will deny their own wrongdoing outright
14. Utter contemptuousness toward the feelings and desires of their fellow beings
15. Pathological lying, will say anything without any concern for truth to advance their own hidden agendas
16. Ablity to feign [fake] normal human emotions and empathy
17. Distorted sense of the consequences of their actions
18. Total failure to accept any responsibility for their own socially irresponsible ways
19. Strong bellef that they will never be brought to justice for their criminal behavior

[Baitball Blogger]

3. Such a deal.

[BeneteauBum]

6. Assholes

Peace ☮️

[ABC123Easy]

7. Holy shit!

I cannot believe the audacity of this. Making your own crack and selling it to people and then turning around and arresting them for buying the crack you made?

OMG

[angrychair]

8. Hold on

Isn't the making and selling of crack a felony?

Why wasn't everyone involved in this arrested for manufacturing illegal drugs with intent to distribute?!?

This is absolutely one of the most insane things I've read in a long time.

[bucolic_frolic]

9. ABSCAM changed jurisprudence

and that change was barely mentioned in the movie about ABSCAM, "American Hustle".