August 15, 2015 1:53 PM EDT – Weldon Angelos was 25 when he was sentenced to 55 years in prison after selling marijuana to a police informant. His sons, now 16 and 18, look back on the childhood they missed without their father. But the boys and Weldon’s sister remain hopeful for an early release, as billionaire Charles Koch campaigns for clemency for Weldon.
It is totally absurd for anyone to spend 55 years in prison for selling marijuana. It makes no sense. Just the cost of incarceration makes this sentence stupid. People just should not be spending their lives in jail for selling controlled substances.
I never thought I would be saying “Go Koch Brothers” but on this one, I sure am. Sentencing reform needs to happen immediately. In fact, sentencing reform should be a national issue for this upcoming presidential election. We are wasting valuable resources when we send penny ante drug users to prison for decades.
