although Florida is among the most stringent drug and search/seizure laws in the country due to the I95 corridor for trafficking.

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there is no "mostly unique;" thats like saying "sometimes always," its an oxymoron - its either one or the other.

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By the mid-19th century unique had developed a wider meaning, “not typical, unusual,” and it is in this wider sense that it is compared. The comparison of so-called absolutes in senses that are not absolute is standard in all varieties of speech and writing.

http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/ESPNSports/story?id=471919

Lewis did nothing more than place a phone call to arrange a drug deal, drugs never exchanged hands. So he neither bought nor sold, and was convicted of a felony in Fla.

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there is no "mostly unique;" thats like saying "sometimes always," its an oxymoron - its either one or the other.

The result:

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By the mid-19th century unique had developed a wider meaning, “not typical, unusual,” and it is in this wider sense that it is compared. The comparison of so-called absolutes in senses that are not absolute is standard in all varieties of speech and writing.

Observation: Lewis was actively attempting to sell drugs. Intent to sell and intent to purchase are treated differently. For example being in possession of alot of drugs shows intent to sell. Whereas there seems to be no reference to an intent to purchase felony in that link.

Question: are all laws involving intent to sell and intent to purchase identical now to those laws at the tiem of the Jesse Tefaro case?

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lambaste me not

Not exactly, no more active than those in the above story. There was no possession of drugs in that story, only an intent. I also believe Tefaro intended to sell, his wife mentioned a profit on the deal.

Conspiracy laws in Fla were put on the books in the early 60's, I see nothing to indicate they've changed.

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JMS gets another English lesson:

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there is no "mostly unique;" thats like saying "sometimes always," its an oxymoron - its either one or the other.

The result:

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By the mid-19th century unique had developed a wider meaning, “not typical, unusual,” and it is in this wider sense that it is compared. The comparison of so-called absolutes in senses that are not absolute is standard in all varieties of speech and writing.

It is a big assumption that intent to sell and intent to purchase are treated with the same severity especially given the fact that in the Tefero case it is impossible to know the exact nature of the purchase. Me purchasing a bud of pot from a friend for 3 bucks is not a felony. Without specifics there is only assumption.

Case in point:
"An ''18-year-old busted with joints at the prom'' could only be charged as a minor misdemeanor with a maximum penalty of $100 and costs.

No jail time can be imposed for this particular drug violation. The only way such a fine could land the defendant in jail would be if, after being given several opportunities, the defendant failed to pay the fine in question."
http://www.cincypost.com/opinion/1997/lets050297.html

I see a reason. Sometimes drug laws are intensified given their percieved ineffectiveness to widen in scope.

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lambaste me not

Not assuming that, but in this case that is what happened. And Tefero obviously was talking about a lot more than that if, as his wife said, this was going to be one last drug deal to set them up for life.

I see a reason. Sometimes drug laws are intensified given their percieved ineffectiveness to widen in scope.[/quote]

Could be, except there is nothing in a google search that shows this occured.

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JMS gets another English lesson:

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there is no "mostly unique;" thats like saying "sometimes always," its an oxymoron - its either one or the other.

The result:

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By the mid-19th century unique had developed a wider meaning, “not typical, unusual,” and it is in this wider sense that it is compared. The comparison of so-called absolutes in senses that are not absolute is standard in all varieties of speech and writing.