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Child Rapist to Get Less Time than Pot Grower
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is getting tougher on pot growers than he is on rapists of children. Under the Tories' omnibus crime legislation tabled Tuesday, a person growing 201 pot plants in a rental unit would receive a longer mandatory sentence than someone who rapes a toddler or forces a five-year-old to have sex with an animal.
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In Arizona, the presumptive sentence for child endangerment is 2.5 years. The presumptive sentence for the victimless crime of possession of dangerous drugs for sale is 10.5. To protect the children.