There is an excellent column in the Chicago Sun Times today addressing the injustice of sentences handed out to small time drug offenders in comparison to sentences meted out to Enron-type offenders . Where's the justice?

...criminals in the Enron case won't spend a fraction of the time behind bars that judges order most drug offenders to spend. Some people would argue there are actually two justice systems: one for them and one for us. Certainly, white collar criminals are dealt with less harshly compared to non-violent drug offenders.

Look at the prison time most drug offenders face. Some of them have been sentenced to life terms, even though they haven't committed a heinous crime or murdered anyone.

'60 Minutes' last week featured a segment on mandatory minimum sentences in drug cases.

What passes for a drug king in 99 percent of the cases is nothing more than a young man who can't even afford a lawyer when he's hauled into court," Judge Patrick Murphy told correspondent Ed Bradley. "I've seen very few drug kings."