South Carolina – James R. Byers Gets LIFE SENTENCE for a $10.00 Sell of Crack. Is This Right or Wrong?

Published September 19, 2013

Question by Youknow Better: South Carolina – James R. Byers gets LIFE SENTENCE for a .00 sell of Crack. Is this Right or Wrong?
I think I may have posted this question in the wrong category before, here it is again.

GAFFNEY, S.C. — A 28-year-old Cherokee County man who sold $ 10 worth of crack to an undercover informant has been sentenced to life in prison without parole under the state’s repeat offender law.

Prosecutors say James R. Byers Jr. was sentenced Wednesday after he was convicted of third offense distribution of crack cocaine and distribution of crack cocaine within a half mile of a school or park.

Byers’ prior criminal record includes five drug convictions.

Prosecutors say Byers’ sold the crack to an informant in August 2009 near an elementary school. Cherokee County sheriff’s deputies videotaped the transaction.

Read more: http://www.thestate.com/2011/04/21/1787502/sc-man-gets-life-sentence-for.html#ixzz1KBAXTXNx

http://www.thestate.com/2011/04/21/1787502/sc-man-gets-life-sentence-for.html

Is this Punishment Right or Wrong?

Best answer:

Answer by CC
Since he is a repeat offender it is right.

Answer by Raymond
It doesn’t matter if it was $ 10 or $ 10,000. Three strikes is three strikes. No loss to society here….

What do you think? Answer below!