The prohibition on the possession and sale of drugs must come to an end, and weapons charges should never, ever be brought against anyone who didn't use weapons to commit a crime or otherwise perpetrate violence/cause harm.
Literally no violence and no victim is claimed by the state here, and yet he's going to spend almost six years in prison, even after a plea deal. This is well over a half of a million dollars in tax money, just to house/feed/medicate him during that time (perhaps as much as twice that in the event of medical conditions), not counting the resources spent within the courts, the prosecution offices, the clerks, and the provision of public defenders (if any). It's probably closer to a million tax dollars, all told.
Had he not taken the plea? He could have received a much, much longer sentence: 20+ years. This would then be upwards of 4 or 5 million dollars spent by the state.
Is this justice? More importantly, is this a good use of the public's resources?
A million+ US tax dollars could instead be used to prevent violent crime, or to house the homeless, or any number of other purposes which very easily surpass the benefit or usefulness of the imprisonment of people who do not victimize or harm others.
[1]: in the form of exceptionally long periods of forced solitary confinement, which causes permanent physiological and psychological damage.