Harsh Prison Sentences Are For Proles Only

Loretta Nall digs up the dirt on an Alabama drug dealer, John Alexander Rochester, who got off amazingly lightly, compared to others who'd committed  similar crimes. Why was the justice system so lenient on the man? Why did the local TV stations and newspapers choose to bury the story?

It wouldn't have anything to do with the perp being the son of rich, white, 40th Circuit Court Judge John Rochester, would it?

Nah, that'd be, like, corrupt and stuff.

[via Radley]