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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth
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To: PartyTime who started this subject2/17/2004 3:11:37 PM
From: TigerPaw   of 173976
 
He represents James Ratliff, 46, of Elkhorn City, Ky. Last May, Ratliff was visiting relatives in Jupiter. During a traffic stop for an equipment problem on his car, a police officer asked for permission to search the car and discovered that Ratliff had a bottle of pills.

Ratliff didn't have a prescription for the 160 OxyContin tablets in his car. He was arrested and booked on a drug-trafficking charge.

The weight of the 160 OxyContin pills Ratliff had in his car totaled 42.7 grams -- putting him in the category of a drug-trafficking offense with a 25-year minimum mandatory prison term.

Lerman has been working on a plea deal for his client, who has no criminal history and has legitimate prescriptions for OxyContin and five other medications in Kentucky to treat a host of medical problems.

"He didn't have a prescription for the OxyContin he had in Florida," Lerman said. "But he wasn't selling it. It was for his own use."

Krischer's office rejected pretrial intervention for Ratliff and so far only offered a deal that includes some time behind bars, Lerman said.

"They're not willing to give him probation," Lerman said.

Which brings Lerman to muse about Limbaugh and the maid's allegation that she provided the talk-show host with 11,900 OxyContin tablets -- an amount that makes Ratliff's bottle of 160 pills seem minuscule.

If Limbaugh gets off easy, there will be a lot of James Ratliffs getting in line

palmbeachpost.com
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