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by ekianjo 2895 days ago
> Even if you only get charged and convicted of the drug possession the case with the trunk full of guns will in all likelihood experience harsher sentencing.

That's not how the Rule of Law works.

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It actually is how the law works, though, since (for better or worse) there is judicial discretion in sentencing.
Yes it is? Are you honestly trying to say that one cannot take the context of things into account when sentencing?