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...deny Blankenship and David the right to graduate, however, flies in the face of rehabilitative justice. If the students were to serve their sentence, follow the Ad Board's work requirement for suspended students and convince the College of their rehabilitation--after however many years--there would be little justice in then denying them their degrees...
...condescending of the staff to say they're glad Blankenship and David don't have to go to the Big House, but that they're not good enough for the Harvard name. These two belong in jail today, but it's wrong to write off their tomorrows...
This past Thursday, Stephen V. David and William A. Blankenship, two former members of the class of 1996 and Currier House residents, changed their plea from not guilty to guilty concerning charges of four counts of possession of controlled substances. Immediately following their plea decision, they were sentenced to two years of probation, and they will have to enter a drug evaluation and counseling program. We think the sentence was too light but are pleased that Blankenship and David were not sentenced to jail...
...Blankenship and David were in possession of cocaine, LSD, marijuana and ecstasy. Under the law, Blankenship and David were not subject to any mandatory minimum sentences based on what substances they possessed. However, Blankenship and David were within 1,000 feet of the Peabody Elementary School, which under Chapter 94, section 32(C) of the Massachusetts General Law means they should be serving a mandatory minimum of two-and-a-half years, and it is expressly stipulated that "lack of knowledge of school boundaries shall not be a defense" for those convicted under this statute...
...happy, however, that despite the technicalities of the law, Blankenship and David will not be serving any prison time. While they violated the letter of the law, they did not violate the spirit. The two former Currier residents were incidentally dealing in a school zone; their market was not comprised of grade school children; their market was the Harvard community...