I have a friend that went to prison for conspiracy to distribute. The girl that flipped on him got released from federal custody, then was immediately arrested by the state government and charged with exactly the same thing she thought she was getting out of by getting my friend locked up.
Can you explain more about what happened? I believe you but "charged with exactly the same thing" is throwing me off.
Also, conspiracy to distribute sounds like a trumped up charge. "You discussed distributing drugs with other people but never actually distributed drugs."
Basically they were able to prove he was moving drugs without him being caught with any. Between the girls testimony, his movements and communications it was obvious what was going on.
The girl was someone the higher ups had him ride along with. She got caught in Louisiana iirc with like 50lbs of pot he wasn't on that trip. They were trafficking so the state let the feds charge her, so could get more people potentially. She sold my friend out to get her federal charges dropped. After her testimony she was released from federal custody and charged with possession and intent to distribute on the state level.
He did ended up doing 3 years.
Absolutely wild that she gets caught with actual drugs and doesn't serve time but he does even though they never caught him with anything.
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