The law was intended for use against very well financed drug smugglers and their corrupt attorneys at a time when it was political suicide to be soft on crime.

The law was intended for use against very well financed drug smugglers and their corrupt attorneys at a time when it was political suicide to be soft on crime. Predictably, prosecutors now use these and other laws well beyond original legislative intent. What is amazing to me is the silence and inaction of the judiciary.