I'm sure you all know Randy or have herd his name. There is a petition we are trying to get signed for his release its releaserandylanier,Or you can go on facebook and send him a friend request. Thanks I know he and his family would appreciate any help in getting this around. I would post a direct link but I don't know how.
he was sentenced to life without parole. He was convicted of importing and distributing over 300 tons of Colombian marijuana worth 68 million (in 1980's dollars). He jumped bail, has tried to escape at least once. Most of the stuff he sold was in the midwest, primarily Illinois......
I think he refused to testify against somebody,so the Feds played hardball with him. He ended up with life without parole. I know he was in the Federal prison in Marion, IL years ago.
My reason for this post is He got life for smuggling pot sorry but that in my opinion is a bit stiff. And in California you can get a card and buy it legal. I'm not saying what he did was alright but make the time fit the crime.
300 TONS of pot isn't a little bit of pot, and that's what he got convicted for and sadly for him it was during a time when you got HARD time for doing so.....
Randy Lanier and his partner Ben Kramer received life without parole sentences on 4 October 1988 under the newly-enacted Continuing ******** Enterprise statute (also known as the "Super Drug Kingpin" law), owing to their refusal to cooperate with the prosecution. The Whittington brothers who were also involved received a lighter sentence. Lanier filed an appeal based on the fact that later RICO convictions were not nearly as lengthy, but lost the appeal.He was initial placed in Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary and was later transferred to the higher security United States Penitentiary I in Coleman. His subsequent appeals have all been denied. After suspicion of a planned escape in 1996, he spent two years in solitary confinement.
