Problem: Judy was single and depressed because she had just broken up with her boyfriend. She went to a neighborhood bar with some friends so they could cheer her up. At the bar she met Peter, a tall, good-looking, friendly guy. He said he was interested in "partying" with her. They went back to her place, after she described it as being in a great building near a posh girls' school. Judy had a small amount of cocaine in her apartment, and when she offered to share it with Peter, he arrested her. Peter was an undercover police officer. Judy had no prior arrests or convictions. It turns out her apartment was 800 feet from a private girls' school. In Judy's state, there is a mandatory minimum three-year sentence for any offender who sells illicit drugs within 1,000 feet of a school. Answer the following questions:
If you were the trial judge, would you nevertheless sentence Judy to less than three years?
How could you explain your decision?