Limbaugh Won't Be Prosecuted, Attorneys Wager By John Pacenti
Source: Palm Beach Post October 03, 2003
West Palm Beach -- Rush Limbaugh's alleged addiction to painkillers may be documented in e-mails. His reported drug deals may have been taped by his former housekeeper. And the talkative maid and her handyman husband could even be willing to testify against the conservative talk-show host. They sure were willing to spill everything to a supermarket tabloid. But the chance of criminal charges ever being filed against Limbaugh is next to nil, say criminal defense attorneys who have handled numerous drug cases. And some local lawyers say they are hearing from sources within State Attorney Barry Krischer's office that Limbaugh -- who lives in a $24 million mansion on Palm Beach -- will indeed not be charged.
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Ashcroft Nephew Got Probation After Major Pot Bust By Daniel Forbes
Source: Salon Magazine January 12, 2001
Although his arrest for growing 60 plants could have landed him in federal prison, Alex Ashcroft was tried in state court and avoided jail -- despite his uncle's crusade for tougher federal drug laws and mandatory prison sentences. The nephew of Attorney General-designate John Ashcroft received probation after a felony conviction in state court for growing 60 marijuana plants with intent to distribute the drug in 1992 -- a lenient sentence, given that the charges against him often trigger much tougher federal penalties and jail time. Ashcroft was the tough-on-drugs Missouri governor at the time.
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I knew Noelle Bush had a drug problem before she was arrested. The state editor told me. He knew because most of the reporters in Tallahassee who cover the governor knew about it. We are not the mudslingers we are portrayed to be. This was Jeb's family affair and had no bearing on his job, so it was off-limits. But when Noelle was arrested, the family matter became a criminal matter and therefore a story.
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The president demands severe punishment for drug and alcohol offenders -- unless they're members of the Bush clan. Knocking the wind out of a self-righteous windbag is always healthy fun, especially when the windbag happens to be an authority figure like the president of the United States. Sometimes, however, the impulse to deflate also injures innocent bystanders such as Jenna and Barbara Bush -- whose moralizing pappy must be mortified by their recent booze busts.
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Cunningham son held on marijuana charge (thread)
Source: San Diego Union-Tribune. 25 January 1997
ESCONDIDO -- The 26-year-old son of Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, R-Escondido, was arrested Saturday in Lawrence, Mass., on charges of trafficking marijuana, the congressman's local office said yesterday. Todd R. Cunningham, a resident of Pacific Beach, is the son of Cunningham and his first wife, who divorced in the early 1970s. He lived with his father in Del Mar in the late 1980s and spent 11 months in a residential center for treatment of drug problems, an aide said. Cunningham supports stiff penalties for drug offenders and in 1994 voted to make certain major felonies committed by drug kingpins a capital offense. His son, who is free on bail, is being charged under state law. "As a parent, this is the most anguishing thing that can happen to you," the congressman said in a prepared statement. "We love him. If the charges are true, we are disappointed and must face his responsibilities."
Son of lawmaker sentenced to prison
Judge Lindsay sentenced Randall Cunningham to 2 1/2 years in prison, half the federally mandated minimum. Prosecutors noted Todd's otherwise clean record, and his co-operation with investigators.
Dad's interest may have been noted, too.
In Congress, Duke Cunningham has supported federal funding for drug treatment and prevention programs. "He's not just a tough-on-drugs guy," his aide said. "He gets to the root of the problem." Still, Duke has often implied that this is a simple contest between good and evil. In speeches and votes, he has insisted that the solutions -- mandatory prison terms, tougher judges, the death penalty for major drug dealers -- could not be clearer. But the clearest solutions, he may have found in Boston last week, always involve someone else's kid.
