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This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
1/21/05
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Another prosecutor has gone
down this week, and unlike Georgia
Assistant DA Bob Cullifer, who appears to be merely a stoner despite being
charged as a drug trafficker, West Texas prosecutor Rick Roach appears
to be into something much heavier. Roach was arrested by FBI agents
January 11 at the Gray County Courthouse as he prepared to prosecute cases
and charged with possession of more than one ounce of cocaine and methamphetamine,
as well as possession with intent to distribute, and possession of a handgun
by a "drug addict," which is a felony under Texas law. Whether Roach's
case qualifies as "corruption" vs. mere "hypocrisy" -- enforcing drug laws
against others while violating them oneself -- he faces up to 50 years
if convicted of all charges. Roach pleaded not guilty to the charges
Tuesday, the Associated Press reported, and has agreed to enter an inpatient
drug rehabilitation program.
The two-term Republican prosecutor
served as district attorney for the West Texas counties of Gray, Roberts,
Hemphill, Lipscomb, and Wheeler. He has been jailed since his arrest.
In an update from the bizarre
case of the
Detroit cop who was on trial for stealing drugs and giving them to drug
users so he could show them using drugs on his anti-drug web site,
we can now report that Ciere Campbell has been found guilty of conspiracy
to distribute controlled substances, aiding and abetting the delivery of
controlled substances, and possession of a stolen firearm. He faces
up to 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine.
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Issue #371
-- 1/21/05
Editorial:
Unfortunate
Bedfellows
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Following
Oklahoma's
Lead,
States
Target
Cold
Remedies
in
Fight
Against
Methamphetamine
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Mexican
Stand-Off:
Government
Sends
in
Tanks,
Soldiers
in
Effort
to
Retake
Prisons
from
Narcos
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Blogging:
A
Stunning
Admission
by
Baltimore
Police
Officials,
and
More
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This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
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Newsbrief:
German
Supreme
Court
Rejects
"Zero
Tolerance"
Drugged
Driving
Law
in
Cannabis
Case |
Newsbrief:
Mass
Arrests
of
Drug
Users
in
Iran
|
Newsbrief:
Marijuana
Bills
Filed
--
Medical
Marijuana
in
New
Jersey,
Decriminalization
in
New
Hampshire
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Newsbrief:
Resistance
to
Methadone
Clinics
Rears
Head
in
Virginia,
Washington
State
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Newsbrief:
King
County
Bar
Association
(Seattle)
Calls
for
Legal,
Regulated
Drug
Markets
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Newsbrief:
Texas
Bill
Would
Ban
Drug
Offenders
from
Entering
Certain
San
Antonio
Neighborhoods
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Newsbrief:
Last
Week's
Supreme
Court
Ruling
Pays
Off
for
New
York
Woman
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Newsbrief:
Martha
Stewart,
Prisoner
Advocate
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Newsbrief:
MPP
Assists
Poor
Montana
Medical
Marijuana
Patients
|
Newsbrief:
Maine
Activist
Providing
Medical
Marijuana
Indicted
for
Trafficking
and
Cultivation
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Week
in
History
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Reformer's
Calendar
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