'Tonight, You're Home,' Wife Tells Pardoned Man

[KenH]

'Tonight, You're Home,' Wife Tells Pardoned Man

By GEOFF FOX and JEROME R. STOCKFISCH The Tampa Tribune
Published: Sep 21, 2007

HUDSON - The relief on Richard Paey's face was obvious Thursday evening as he was helped from a government vehicle in the driveway of a home he had not seen in more than three years.

Amid family, neighbors and a small group of media, the 48-year-old spoke softly. "In the immortal words of Dorothy, 'There's no place like home.'
"Freedom is really everything, probably more than life itself," he said. "This is a sign that America is a great country. The system goofed up, but we're willing to address that."

His wife, Linda Paey, hugged him and stepped back, smiling wide.
"This morning we were scared to death," she said. "Tonight, you're home."

- www.tbo.com/news/nationworld/MGB6UFD6U6F.html#content

 

[carpro]

This illustrates the fallacy of a "mandatory" length of sentence based on an arbitrarily established benchmark for a crime.

It eliminates any consideration of mitigating circumstances.

It appears that indeed a miscarriage of justice has been corrected.

 

[Dagwood]

This story, fortunately, has a good ending. The only problem might be, what does this man do now to control his pain? He could be arrested again any time the police desire. Seems like the law needs to be changed to accommodate someone in this position.

 

[Magnetic Poles]

The drug laws in this nation are worthless and backward. Those who need drugs should have them. The "War on Drugs" is even less successful than the "War on Terror" or the "War on Poverty". Seems if we declare war on some issue, it helps no one and causes more trouble than it is fighting.