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February 15, 2005
The story of Dawn Beverlin
Dawn Beverlin is currently serving a 5-year mandatory minimum sentence for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. She began using drugs when she was 16 and was smoking or snorting methamphetamine on a daily basis by the age of 20, and began selling drugs to support her habit. She would purchase methamphetamine from her boyfriend to use herself or sell it, her primary purpose at all times being to ensure that she had a sufficient supply for her own use. She used all of her earnings from drug sales to support her own habit.
When Dawn and her boyfriend were caught, charged, and convicted of drug offenses, her boyfriend received a sentence of probation because he assisted to the government in making cases against others involved in the operation. Because of her involvement in the drug conspiracy with which she was charged was limited to isolated small scale sales to support her own drug habit, Dawn was not able to provide the government with any information to assist in the prosecution of others, and was therefore subject to mandatory minimum sentencing.
Posted by fairlaws4families at February 15, 2005 03:57 PM
