Wednesday, 5th November 2008 - 17:08CET
Briton jailed 25 years for importing drugs
A Briton was today jailed for 25 years after being convicted of conspiracy to import drugs.
Jurors found Mark Stephens guilty by a 7-2 margin of conspiring to import three kilogrammes of cocaine and over 7,100 ecstasy pills before and in 2003.
He was also fined €60,000.
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People making such statements, definitely do not help the fight against drugs and the lords. Do you honestly suggest we give up on them?
Dont you know how many people are constantly dying due to drugs effect, like overdose and other related diseases like HIV and others. dont you know how many thefts are being done every day by users so they can afford to buy the staff? dont you know that when the drug problems put its head up in the late 70's, the crime rate exploded all over the world? are you talking seriously or is this a joke? please come back to the living world of normal people! what are your suggestions? please say!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
25 years from ones life, even if it ends up going down to 18 years is no joke. I for one have no inclination to risk it. Yes I do belive that the sentence is just, the amount of drugs this man imported here is incredible. It is unfortunate for his family, but it is also unfortunate for the Maltese youth (or not so youth) that could have fallen victim to these drugs. How many people have died due to such drugs ? What is a life taken away compared to 25 years ? So Mr. Saliba, I hope you understand that the sentence is just, murderers should simply get life.
If you can't do the time, don't do the crime is the message I get the from this sentence.
Drug pushers should be made to take the drugs that they try to sell themselves and then put behind bars for life.
If someone chooses to do drugs, fair enough, but dont be so stupid as to try to justify their useage as somehow legitimate, when their ill-effects are crystal clear to all and there to see with your own eyes, particularly the damage they do to the brain; memory loss and effecting the motor functions.
You and your thoughts are all on your own on this one!
Why do you show sympathy? Drug trafficking is the first in a long chain of events that cause unnecessary deaths. Thus, in comparison to murderers, I believe that drug traffickers should receive a hefty jail sentence.
Contrary to your argument, I say 25 years to this type of trafficker and 50 years, if not a whole lifetime, to the murderer (obviously depending on the case i.e. taking note of intent, insanity, automatism etc)!!
I will. These sentences should be given to murderers, child rapists etc and not to someone who is merely providing for a demand. Governments all over the world must give up, the drug war hasn't worked and never will.