Biased juries, insufficient evidence and disproportionate sentencing have become a key feature of the way in which Muslim suspected terrorists are treated.
The twins' lawyers and their family members, about a dozen of whom were in court for the sentencing, have said the pair have cleaned up their acts, graduating from high school and enrolling in a community college upstate.
Unhelpful legislation and inconsistent sentencing have helped make London a hub for the £13bn business, they say.
Does tougher sentencing have anything to do with this?
Some laws about mandatory sentencing have already been changed, but not retroactively, so that many people continue to remain in prison after many years for relatively minor drug offenses.
A lack of raised pavements, poor enforcement, untrustworthy licensing and soft sentencing have all been named as contributing factors, but the heart of the problem is to do with attitude, something that Dube calls 'a culture of lawlessness, right across the board'.
