"Preppy killer" arrested in drug bust (Wizbang)

Robert Chambers, the infamous "preppy killer" in New York City, has been busted for selling drugs, CBS TV-2 reports:

Robert Chambers, the infamous "Preppy Killer," was arrested late Monday night in New York City, this time on multiple counts of selling a controlled substance, CBS 2 HD has learned.

Police executed a search warrant at 357 East 57th St. and arrested Chambers, 41.

He was charged with three counts of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first degree, three counts of the same charge in the second degree and one count of resisting arrest, police said.

Chambers became a household name in the city two decades ago for the murder of 18-year-old Jennifer Levin in Manhattan's Central Park on Aug. 26, 1986.

Read the rest at the above link. Chambers served 15 years; the average time served for murder convictions nationwide is just over six years. Yet, some people just never learn.

I'm not fond of the criminal sanctions of our current drug laws, but in Chambers' case, at least they're taking a guy off the street who needs to be off the street.

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What a slut.========... (Below threshold)

1. Posted by kim | October 23, 2007 7:36 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

kim:

What a slut.
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Posted on October 23, 2007 07:36

I'm not fond of th... (Below threshold)

2. Posted by OregonMuse | October 23, 2007 9:51 AM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)

OregonMuse:

Too bad they just didn't execute this lowlife after he murdered that poor girl twenty years ago. Then the state would have been spared having to provide free room and board for this latest crime.

Posted on October 23, 2007 09:51

I don't know where you got ... (Below threshold)

3. Posted by Don Bear | October 23, 2007 9:38 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Don Bear:

I don't know where you got the statistic re: 6 yrs. being the national average sentence for murder convictions, but I am quite sure this is not correct. It is way too low.

Posted on October 23, 2007 21:38

Re: my post above, the aver... (Below threshold)

4. Posted by Don Bear | October 23, 2007 9:49 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Re: my post above, the average felony sentence is 6 yrs.; the average murder sentence is 22yrs. per DOJ 2004 stats.

Posted on October 23, 2007 21:49

I said "time served", most ... (Below threshold)

5. Posted by Jim Addison | October 23, 2007 10:38 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Jim Addison:

I said "time served", most often a fraction of the full sentence.

Posted on October 23, 2007 22:38

It's too expensive to execu... (Below threshold)

6. Posted by kim | October 24, 2007 6:07 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

It's too expensive to execute. Send in a padre daily.
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Posted on October 24, 2007 06:07

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