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who have been accused <strong>of</strong> working with al-Qaeda—perhaps could appeal<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir convictions now and get out <strong>of</strong> jail.<br />

MATT TAIBBI: Right. Right, yeah, exactly. I was in court<br />

yesterday, in criminal court in Brooklyn. I saw somebody come out <strong>of</strong>—<br />

come into court who had just been overnight in jail for walking from one<br />

subway car to ano<strong>the</strong>r in front <strong>of</strong> a policeman. You can do real time in jail<br />

in America for all kinds <strong>of</strong> ridiculous <strong>of</strong>fenses, for taking up two subway<br />

seats in New York City, if you fall asleep in <strong>the</strong> subway. People go to jail<br />

for that all <strong>the</strong> time in this country, for having a marijuana stem in your<br />

pocket. There are 50,000 marijuana possession cases in New York City<br />

alone every year. And here we have a bank that laundered $800 million <strong>of</strong><br />

drug money, and <strong>the</strong>y can’t find a way to put anybody in jail for that. That<br />

sends an incredible message not just to <strong>the</strong> financial sector but to<br />

everybody. It’s an obvious, clear double standard, where one set <strong>of</strong> people<br />

gets to break <strong>the</strong> rules as much as <strong>the</strong>y want and ano<strong>the</strong>r set <strong>of</strong> people<br />

can’t break any rules at all without going to jail. And I just don’t see how<br />

<strong>the</strong>y don’t see this problem. Read More<br />

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