EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Steep penalties await those who deal in drugs. Buying or selling 10 kilograms of cocaine — even agreeing to do so, without carrying through — means a minimum penalty of 10 years' imprisonment, without possibility of parole. 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(b)(1)(A), 846.
The "mandatory" minimum is mandatory only from the perspective of judges. To the parties, the sentence is negotiable. Did a marginal participant in a conspiracy...
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