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TexasTowelie

(117,584 posts)
Wed Aug 7, 2019, 11:50 AM Aug 2019

Justice for sale? Billionaire's plea deal prompts outrage

Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson is declining to discuss a plea deal that will allow billionaire Henry Nicholas to skate on felony drug trafficking charges and avoid prison, prompting outrage from lawmakers, civil libertarians, and on social media.

“This is disgusting,” Assemblyman William McCurdy tweeted Wednesday about the plea deal. McCurdy is also chair of the Nevada Democratic Party.

Nicholas and his friend, Ashley Fargo, were arrested last August in a Las Vegas hotel room where police found nearly 96 grams of methamphetamine, 4.24 grams of heroin, 15.13 grams of cocaine, and 17.1 grams of psilocin, a psychedelic, according to the complaint.

“DA Wolfson will not be commenting on this case until the defendants actually enter their pleas in District Court,” Wolfson’s assistant, Audrie Locke, told the Current.

Read more: https://www.nevadacurrent.com/2019/08/01/justice-for-sale-billionaires-plea-deal-prompts-outrage/

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Justice for sale? Billionaire's plea deal prompts outrage (Original Post) TexasTowelie Aug 2019 OP
Wolfson does some very Wellstone ruled Aug 2019 #1
Cops really think a BILLIONAIRE is 'trafficking' in quantities that small, out of a hotel room? mr_lebowski Aug 2019 #2
Is he really a billionaire? dawg day Aug 2019 #3
Well, we certainly know of ONE of those for sure ... mr_lebowski Aug 2019 #4
 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
1. Wolfson does some very
Wed Aug 7, 2019, 12:02 PM
Aug 2019

troubling things. Glad McCurdy is finally speaking out. Wolfson seems to let the Rich and Famous Skate.

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
2. Cops really think a BILLIONAIRE is 'trafficking' in quantities that small, out of a hotel room?
Wed Aug 7, 2019, 12:03 PM
Aug 2019

He should get dinged for possession just like anyone else, but those are recreational quantities ...

Although a QP of Meth is a pretty sizable supply, the supply of each of the rest is only a couple nights worth of partying by 4 people. A junkie could do 4.24g of H in a day and a half.

Just sayin'.

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
3. Is he really a billionaire?
Wed Aug 7, 2019, 12:22 PM
Aug 2019

I think there are a lot of billionaires only in their own mind.

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