Via Atrios we learn that Oklahoma Congressman J.C. Watts 23 year-old son was busted for possession with intent to distribute marijuana , a felony. He had less than two ounces in his possession. This sounds like overcharging to us.

On the other hand, we question whether the the younger Watts may have received preferential treatment for not being charged with domestic violence after his girlfriend said he struck her twice in the face. It's a rare jurisdiction these days that still leaves the decision whether to prosecute up to the purported victim. The usual course is for the police to arrest one or both participants, no matter what.

"City police officers said they went to a location at Boyd Street and Classen Boulevard Sept. 9 in response to a report of a fight between a man and woman. Jerrell Watts was taken into custody after the woman said he had hit her twice in the face. Kuykendall said his office declined to file a domestic abuse complaint in the case "upon request of the victim."