When Paul St. Louis voted as a juror in 2017 to convict Frederick Turner for his role in a methamphetamine dealing ring, St. Louis had no idea that prosecutors would stack the charges in such a way that Turner, a first-time offender, received a 40-year mandatory minimum sentence.
The judge presiding over the trial declared Turner's sentence "excessive" and "wrong," but had no choice but to impose it. Less than a year later, Turner, 38, was found dead in his cell at a high-security federal prison in Colorado.
