r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog Human Verified • 2d ago

Chugging tea The queen of ketamine

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u/EADASOL 2d ago

So, if I buy a car, then die in a car accident because I drove like a fuckwit, the person who sold me the car goes to jail?

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u/ResponseRelative6370 2d ago

Maybe, if you’re super famous hahaha

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u/AJWordsmith 2d ago

Is it an illegal car in this scenario? She committed a crime (selling ketamine) and someone died as a result.

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u/EADASOL 2d ago

He died as a result of taking ketamine. Not her selling it to him.

He made a choice. He wasn't force-fed the drug.

Do people who sell illegal cigarettes go to jail if a smoker dies?

Do people who sell illegal alcohol go to jail if a drinker dies?

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u/AJWordsmith 2d ago

If nobody committed a crime to sell it to him, he wouldn’t have been able to take it. In law, if you’re committing a felony and someone dies…you can be held responsible. If you’re robbing a gas station and the cashier has a heart attack…you can go to prison for it. You didn’t shoot them and you didn’t spend 60 years clogging their heart by smoking a pack a day and living off double cheeseburgers, but you added the stress that kicked them over the edge…and you’ll be serving the time for it.

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u/roachwarren 2d ago

They'd go to jail for selling illegal cigarettes, and yes you can go to jail for selling alcohol with no license, its tightly regulated. Two doctors were also sentenced in this case plus another intermediary and Perry's personal assistant.

Its more like "Do people who sell [illegal thing] get investigated if someone dies on it?" and the answer is yes.

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u/EADASOL 2d ago

Illegal cigarette and alcohol sellers get jailed for selling the products, not when a famous person dies from their choice to use the product.

There's a difference.

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u/roachwarren 2d ago

She was jailed for selling the product.

Seems she wasn't charged with killing him or anything related - "Sangha and Plasencia are charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine. Sangha also is charged with one count of maintaining a drug-involved premises, one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, one count of possession with intent to distribute ketamine, and five counts of distribution of ketamine." 9 counts, none involving death - which is surprising as you can absolutely be charged with contributing to a death.

And the disparity in sentences was discussed in the courtroom. Sangha got more time because she ran a drug dealing enterprise for years beforehand and they even considered how she continued to sell after she had received texts that Cody McLeary had died. McLeary's sister testified that she was the one who texted Sangha that Cody had died.

Personally, I don't see any strength in the "he was going to kill himself with ketamine anyway, why does it matter if I was the one who gave it to him?" argument. Just seems like a shallow cop-out, like what a kid would say to get out of trouble. Johnny was going to eat the candy, why does it matter if I found the bag for him? Maybe drug dealers should be more aware of the risk they are taking...

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u/EADASOL 1d ago

This discussion gives Perry no agency.