From a story by reporter Michael P. Rellahan:
An East Goshen engineer who built elaborate systems for growing marijuana in his home so that his son would use the drug instead of alcohol was sent to Chester County Prison Wednesday by a Common Pleas Court judge.Read the full story at The Pottstown Mercury Web site.
"I find it contrary to my own beliefs that you would provide your own son with an illegal substance," Judge Ronald C. Nagle told the defendant, 53-year-old Douglas Newell in sentencing him to 90 days to 23 months in prison. Nagle said he had witnessed from the bench the effects that drugs have on people's lives, and could not treat Newell differently than others he imprisoned for long jail terms for drug offenses.
"I would have a hard time explaining to myself and others if I gave you probation," Nagle told Newell, who said he personally believed that marijuana should be legalized. "It just doesn't square."
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Sounds like Rendell's excuse for raising taxes. Pay higher taxes so we don't go broke. How about stop doing drugs or stop spending and that should solve both problems. I see a future for Newell in the Rendell administration. Anyone who can come up with excuses like that belongs on Fast Eddie's team.
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