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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nLeo Sharp, a 90-year-old World War II vet was sentenced to three years in the federal pound for smuggling a ton of cocaine to Michigan for the Mexican drug cartels, according to Military Times<\/a>;<\/p>\n Darryl Goldberg, Sharp’s Lawyer, argued it would be “cruel and thoughtless” to send his client to prison because he is old and frail and suffers from dementia and also happens to be a war hero (Sharp received a Bronze Star in WWII).<\/p>\n But U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmunds was unmoved by Sharp’s age, his birthday, or his military service and declined to show mercy, saying “It’s not a victimless crime. This is a huge drug operation and Mr. Sharp was right in the middle of it. It would be weak for me to say, ‘Well, he’s an old man …’ I think respect for the law requires there be some custody in this case.”<\/p>\n According to the Detroit Free Press, Goldberg pleaded, saying “Mr. Sharp is part of a great generation\u2026before we were even born, he was on top of mountains fighting Nazis. That’s not how we honor our heroes whether they’ve fallen from grace or not,” and went on to claim that Sharp was brainwashed and bullied into continued cooperation by the cartel.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Well, I don’t think there’s time to rehabilitate him while he’s in prison, but he needs to do the time, anyhow. He earned it, he deserves it. I’ve always said, looking around me, wisdom doesn’t always accompany age. Leo is a shining example of that little maxim.<\/p>\n Thanks to Matt for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"