What is the sentencing for trafficking drugs?
Sentences for drug distribution and trafficking can generally range from 3-5 years to life in prison but can be substantially higher when larger quantities are involved. Drug trafficking/distribution is a felony and is a more serious crime than drug possession.
What is punishment for human trafficking?
Human trafficking is punishable under state law by a prison sentence of up to five years or, if the victim is under the age of 18, by a state prison sentence of up to eight years.
How do you beat trafficking charges?
How to beat a drug trafficking charge
- Understand your rights.
- Get an attorney to represent you immediately.
- Gather all the evidence immediately.
- Focus on an effective strategy.
- Lab equipment issues.
- Beyond any reasonable doubt.
- Grill confidential informants.
- Use the entrapment defense.
Is trafficking worse than distribution?
Generally, drug trafficking charges carry more severe penalties than drug distribution. If one is caught in possession of a very large amount of drugs, or is caught transporting drugs across state lines, they are more likely to be charged with drug trafficking.
Are there mandatory minimum penalties for drug trafficking?
Although likely due in part to an older age at release, drug trafficking offenders convicted of an offense carrying a drug mandatory minimum penalty had a lower recidivism rate than those drug trafficking offenders not convicted of such an offense.
What is the minimum sentence for methamphetamine trafficking?
For methamphetamine or amphetamine, trafficking involves the sale, delivery, or possession of 28 or more grams. Amounts between 28 but less than 200 grams will result in at least a 10 year sentence. For amounts between 200 but less than 400 grams, there is a mandatory minimum of 15 years.
What’s the average sentence for a drug offense?
• In fiscal year 2016, the average sentence for offenders who were convicted of an offense carrying a drug mandatory minimum penalty was 94 months of imprisonment, more than double the average sentence (42 months) for drug offenders not convicted of an offense carrying a mandatory minimum penalty.
How many people go to prison for drug charges?
Jails and prisons are filled with people charged with crimes related to drugs. In 2012, judges sentenced nearly 95,000 people to prison for drug charges. 4 As a comparison, the category with the next highest sentencing rate was weapon charges, with about 28,000 offenders. 4 Don’t wait. Call us now.