After years on the run, Jacobs was finally convicted in 2000 of conspiracy to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine, or more than eleven pounds, and more than 50 grams of crack — threshold amounts for the drug-sentencing guidelines that his offenses exceeded. The minimum street value of Jacobs’s stash would have exceeded $1 million. In reality, he was moving much more than that on a regular basis, including vast quantities of cocaine between New York City and Richmond, Va. His drug ring succeeded in actually moving 15 kilograms of drugs each week. That’s called trafficking in law-enforcement circles. If he saw even a fraction of that, Jacobs earned tens of millions of dollars in his five years running a sophisticated drug enterprise. In short, he got rich off of the suffering and misery of others.
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Eric Holder: We Can Have Shorter Sentences and Less Crime
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Washington — As a college student in Virginia, Corey Jacobs started selling drugs with the help of a group of friends to make some extra money. A Bronx native, Mr. Jacobs was no kingpin, and no aspect of their drug conspiracy involved violence. Now age 46, Mr. Jacobs has served 16 years of a sentence of life without parole in the federal system.
No question, Corey Jacobs should have gone to prison for his felony. But does he deserve to die there?
Releasing dangerous criminals won’t make us safer.
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