David Gant
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You might as well be making $300,000. But so... Okay, so what happened with you end up taking a plea? I mean, you can't go to trial.
Yeah, that's stupid. Almost no one that goes to federal court, almost everybody takes a plea of some sort.
Yeah, that's stupid. Almost no one that goes to federal court, almost everybody takes a plea of some sort.
Yeah, that's stupid. Almost no one that goes to federal court, almost everybody takes a plea of some sort.
Yeah, yeah. They've got like a 97% conviction rate. Unless you've got big bucks, you can't fight the government. No. Listen, I always say, look, even if you're guilty, you've got a 50% chance of being found. I mean, even if you're not guilty, you have a 50% chance of being found guilty. Oh, yeah. So what did you end up taking? Let's see.
Yeah, yeah. They've got like a 97% conviction rate. Unless you've got big bucks, you can't fight the government. No. Listen, I always say, look, even if you're guilty, you've got a 50% chance of being found. I mean, even if you're not guilty, you have a 50% chance of being found guilty. Oh, yeah. So what did you end up taking? Let's see.
Yeah, yeah. They've got like a 97% conviction rate. Unless you've got big bucks, you can't fight the government. No. Listen, I always say, look, even if you're guilty, you've got a 50% chance of being found. I mean, even if you're not guilty, you have a 50% chance of being found guilty. Oh, yeah. So what did you end up taking? Let's see.
Was it 96 months? It was like just a little over six years.
Was it 96 months? It was like just a little over six years.
Was it 96 months? It was like just a little over six years.
Okay. Did you take RDAP? Was there an RDAP program, a drug program to knock a year off?
Okay. Did you take RDAP? Was there an RDAP program, a drug program to knock a year off?
Okay. Did you take RDAP? Was there an RDAP program, a drug program to knock a year off?
I'm not. No. Obviously, you didn't take it. They didn't have it because they told me, oh, there's no drugs in your case. You don't get this. And so I got your standard issue, good time, 85% or whatever.
I'm not. No. Obviously, you didn't take it. They didn't have it because they told me, oh, there's no drugs in your case. You don't get this. And so I got your standard issue, good time, 85% or whatever.
I'm not. No. Obviously, you didn't take it. They didn't have it because they told me, oh, there's no drugs in your case. You don't get this. And so I got your standard issue, good time, 85% or whatever.
Yeah. And... Did you do all of it?
Yeah. And... Did you do all of it?
Yeah. And... Did you do all of it?
I did all of it. And I ended up going back because when I got... I realized that the halfway house was just an extortion. Just a way for someone attached to the government to rob you. I basically said... And I went to my hometown, and when we got down to Jacksonville, they arrested me, took me right back to Butner, and I did the last six months in special housing.