On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
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> http://animalnewyork.com/2009/12/texas-graffiti-writer-gets-8-years-of-prison-without-parole/
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> Another Texas teenager is being inordinately punished for graffiti.
> 18-year-old Sebastian Perez was sentenced to 8 years in state prison after
> pleading guilty to three vandalism charges and one for pot possession.
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> Unlike fellow writer Ralph Mirabel, who was given eight years by another
> Corpus Christi judge in August, Perez must serve his entire sentence with no
> possibility of parole. Despite the defendant’s probation plea and promise
> “to finish high school, help clean up graffiti and find a job,” State
> District Judge Marisela Saldaña doled out an emotional lecture and the
> maximum possible sentence for what amounted to roughly $7,300 in damage,
> according to the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. But that’s small change
> compared to the more than $140,000 Texas taxpayers will shell out to keep
> Perez locked up so long.
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