Guilty

The case is over. We can all rest easier tonight knowing that two very bad guys are in prison.

The case involved an interstate drug business. I now know a lot more about cocaine and the buying and selling of illegal drugs than I ever wanted to know. It’s a huge business with lots of people involved. The possible profits are huge, but jail is one of chances you take when you decide to traffic in illegal drugs. The evidence against these two defendants was overwhelming. The defense’s case was basically that the government set them up. The defendants were offended that the government used a wiretapped phone to collect evidence against them. The government had no business listening in on their private conversations about the buying and selling of their cocaine. The bad guys tried to convince the jury that they were victims of the government. The jury decided the case very quickly. We were convinced that the victims of the hundreds of kilos of cocaine being sold in the D.C. area were not these two drug dealers. They are two very bad guys who are a part of a large group of very bad guys. I am glad they are off the streets.