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LSD used to be considered a hard drug, maybe it still is. 22 years is a big chunk of your life, your best years.
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After 22 years in prison, Grateful Dead fan*Timothy Tyler has been shockingly granted clemency. The man, who was 25 at the time of his arrest and is now 47, was sentenced after continuously (and casually) selling*LSD*to a friend who had secretly been working with the DEA*as an informant. Tyler may have made some mistakes, but getting sent to prison with a life sentence was far too much. Adding to this tragedy is that Tyler's father was also implicated in his sales--simply by Timothy living at his father's home and using his address in the packages he was sending and receiving. Tyler's father was sentenced to 10 years in prison, and died 8 years into his sentence.
This story is extremely sad, but now seems to be heading towards a happy ending. Tyler*has been surprisingly been granted clemency by President Barack Obama*after over 400,000 people signed a petition on Change.org*asking*grant him clemency. Now Tim can see his 70-year old mother, and he can see his beloved Grateful Dead (or something similar to it) once more.*Kudos to President Obama for changing up the way America approaches clemency for non-violent offenders.
Click here*to read more about Tyler's harrowing tale, and be happy to know that he will soon be out of prison!
In celebration of his pending release, watch a video of Tyler's favorite song, "Althea", from a Grateful Dead performance in 1979
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2016-08-31, 04:37 PM #1The Undying
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Grateful Dead Fan Timothy Tyler Has Been Granted Clemency By Obama, 22 years
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"This will be a fight against overwhelming odds from which survival cannot be expected. We will do what damage we can."
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2016-08-31, 05:24 PM #2The Unstoppable Force
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............What!? 22 years for seeling LSD? ... WHAT!? That's just... I have no words for that!
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2016-08-31, 05:31 PM #3Scarab Lord
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American politics at its finest. If we cant control the product, you get a life sentence for selling it.
Originally Posted by Venziir
Fod Sparta los wuth, ahrk okaaz gekenlok kruziik himdah, dinok fent kos rozol do daan wah jer do Samos. Ahrk haar do Heracles fent motaad, fah strunmah vonun fent yolein ko yol.
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2016-08-31, 05:37 PM #4The Unstoppable Force
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That's one thing, but TWENTY-FREAKING-TWO YEARS!? O.O I'm utterly flabbergasted at that Originally Posted by Lothaeryn
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2016-08-31, 05:39 PM #5DeletedYup, I'm surprised he got what he deserved. Justice isn't always fair, sometimes it's too lenient but in this case he got what he deserved. Just thinking at how many lives these drug vendors ruin it's good he stood in prison. Originally Posted by Venziir
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2016-08-31, 05:41 PM #6I am Murloc!
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Did the LSD ruin people's lives or did the laws against it ruin people's lives? Originally Posted by Snowraven
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2016-08-31, 05:41 PM #7Fluffy Kitten
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What does Grateful Dead have to do with anything?
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2016-08-31, 05:49 PM #8Keyboard Turner
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No, he got LIFE... lets not get that twisted. Got life and released EARLY at 22 years.
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2016-08-31, 05:54 PM #9The Unstoppable Force
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the whole thing about how he was touring with them and dealing drugs? Originally Posted by Pendulous
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2016-08-31, 05:56 PM #10Legendary!
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Wikipedia gives us a likely reason for the release:
Tyler, who had girlfriends before his incarceration, now identifies as bisexual; he began to engage in sexual activity with men while in prison in search of companionship.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_L._Tyler
Puffs the story up and turns a mass drug dealer into regular ol' joe thus making him likable to people who don't know any better. Originally Posted by Pendulous
Over 13,000 hits of acid. Originally Posted by Venziir
He wasn't just a guy walking around with a "small quantity" in his pocket.
He was a major dealer.MAGA
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2016-08-31, 05:56 PM #11The Undying
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I think he got some support from the fan base over the years, they're a really tight group, the fans are called the Dead Heads. Originally Posted by Pendulous
22 years later
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2016-08-31, 06:53 PM #12Herald of the Titans
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Life sentence for dealing drugs, what a complete and utter crock of shit and waste of of a life. I say make all drugs legal and let people be responsible for their own addictions. People want to do drugs, what ever happens is on them.
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2016-08-31, 07:15 PM #13Epic!
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Just don't send them to jail? Seems to me they used/sold the drugs and the whatever happens(jail) is on them. Originally Posted by Grogo
This guy was a repeated offender and probably should have stayed locked up.
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2016-08-31, 07:19 PM #14Banned
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LSD is one of the least dangerous drug's out there, get the fuck over yourself, go read an article or two on real facts based in real life. Originally Posted by Snowraven
But this doesn't surprise me at all when it comes to american justice system, crime is profit for prisons.
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2016-08-31, 07:24 PM #15The Unstoppable Force
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Link some LD50 studies. I'm pretty sure, just as the drug itself, there are zero cases of overdose. Compare that to Tylenol. Originally Posted by Xekus
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2016-08-31, 07:26 PM #16The Unstoppable Force
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Being caught with like 1 gram of weed is a 2 years minimum sentence iirc. Originally Posted by Venziir
MINIMUM SENTENCES ARE FUN!
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2016-08-31, 07:30 PM #17The Unstoppable Force
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Depends where you live. My state de-criminalized pot a few years ago. That means it's the same "crime" as an under-18 kid having cigarettes, unless there's evidence to sell. Can have up to an ounce, which is a fuckton otherwise. Originally Posted by Belize
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2016-08-31, 07:31 PM #18The Unstoppable Force
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Federal law still lists it as a 1 year jail for first offence. (possession) Originally Posted by belfpala
And a 5 year minimum for selling.
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2016-08-31, 07:33 PM #19Scarab Lord
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This is funny because it reveals so much more about you than President Obama or Timothy Tyler Originally Posted by Zombergy
There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." - Isaac Asimov
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2016-08-31, 07:33 PM #20The Unstoppable Force
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Didn't Obama do an Executive Order about Feds not interfering with State laws on that matter? Originally Posted by Belize
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