Maybe A Plunging Neckline Would Have Helped At Your Sentencing

The “Pot Hottie,” a 20-year-old New Jersey-raised NYU co-ed who sold drugs from her dorm has been sentenced to five years probation:

Julia Diaco, 20, was officially slapped on the wrist after her lawyer told Justice Charles Solomon that, as per the deal she’d worked out with prosecutors, she’d successfully completed her drug rehab and education program.

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While she was selling small amounts, she was also dealing on a regular basis, using her NYU dorm as her “base of operations,” prosecutors said.

Prosecutors said she dealt to undercover officers eight times, with her biggest deal $650 worth of cocaine, and would ply her wares on and around the NYU campus, including Washington Square Park.

When she was arrested, she was carrying several ounces of marijuana and a scale.

The case was surprising because the petite Diaco didn’t need the money — she’s the daughter of a millionaire builder and grew up in a castle-like mansion in tony Rumson, N.J.

Meanwhile, older, less-sexy convicts wonder what they’re doing sitting in jail for similar offenses:

News of the deal frustrated Anthony Papa, 51, who, like Diaco, was once a first-time, non-violent offender. Instead of probation, he was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for delivering four ounces of cocaine for a police informant to an undercover cop for a $500 fee.

The owner of a struggling auto repair business in The Bronx, Papa was desperate for cash and couldn’t afford a pricey lawyer.

“I get angry with a case like this because the laws are not applied equally. Because she had money and the right lawyers, she didn’t go to jail. Others should have that same opportunity,” he said.