On October 26, 2009 the United States District Court sentenced Adelaida L. to only thirty months in jail for smuggling a multi-kilo shipment  of cocaine by car into the United States.  The government had initially sought a sentence under the mandatory minimum sentence law of ten years.  With her reduction for good time credits and the five hundred hour drug program, Adelaida could be free in approximately one year.  

The key to achieving the best results in drug cases is personalizing the client.  Competent private counsel have more time to spend with a client than a court appointed attorney.  Every case has a silver lining.  I often tell my clients that the worst has already passed upon arrest and charging and now  I am doing damage control.  At the Law Firm of Russell S. Babcock the client is not treated as a defendant or a criminal but as an individual human being who may have made one terrible mistake in their life.  I also tell my clients and the judges at sentencing, "None of us should be judged by the worst mistake we have made in our life."

Congratulations, Adelaida, and may you be with your family again soon !