Cameron Douglas Supporters Ask for Mercy in Sentencing

Kirk Douglas has asked a judge to spare his drug-dealer grandson a harsh prison sentence, saying he hopes to see him turn around his life "before I die."
The film legend made the appeal in one of several letters of support filed Friday in federal court in Manhattan on behalf of Cameron Douglas.
The son of Academy Award winner Michael Douglas pleaded guilty earlier this year to charges he dealt methamphetamine out of a trendy Manhattan hotel. Cameron was arrested last summer at the Hotel Gansevoort as part of a DEA investigation.
Douglas made tens of thousands of dollars for smuggling meth and cash and drugs were exchanged from coast to coast through FedEx. The penalty could be a stiff one, with a minimum term of 10 years behind bars. But lawyers for the admitted heroin addict claimed in court papers their remorseful client was committed to sobriety, and argued he only deserves a maximum 3 1/2 years at sentencing next week.
"Cameron is not a criminal," one supporter wrote. "I ask for mercy, judge."
Actually, he is. I don’t get a lot of the criminal justice system – especially the way they handle drug users. Usually poor and dependent on public defenders, far too many men and women spend years and years behind bars for using.

But a meth dealer crying for leniency ‘cause he’s not actually a criminal? Seriously? I’m pretty sure he knew the risks he was taking when he was raking in the tens of thousands of bucks. Now that he’s busted he’s really, really sorry.

Puh-lease.