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The law provides a mandatory minimum prison term of 20 years and a maximum life sentence, along with a fine of up to $2 million, for cases of drug distribution that lead to the death or serious injury of a person. It is also known as the "Len Bias Law."
Jun 21, 2023 · Len Bias turned from feel-good story to cautionary tale in the space of two fateful days in 1986. The young basketball player's death set in train two imponderable questions that sparked ...
Jun 26, 2020 · Former Maryland star Len Bias was No. 2 pick in the 1986 NBA draft, but not even two full days later, he was dead. His "what-if" story still hurts.
Jun 6, 2023 · On June 19, 1986, one of college basketball’s most promising young players, Len Bias, died from cardiac arrhythmia induced by a cocaine overdose. Two days earlier, he had been selected as the second overall pick in the NBA draft by the Boston Celtics. He was 22 years old.
Jun 15, 2016 · In life, Len Bias was basketball's next great hope, contender for a crown that went instead to Michael Jordan. In death, he became a trigger for the war on drugs.
Jun 19, 2021 · Thirty-five years later, Bias’s death less than 48 hours after the Boston Celtics selected the 6-foot-8 all-American forward and Prince George’s County native with the second pick in the 1986...
Jun 19, 2023 · Two days after Len Bias, one of Maryland's all-time great college basketball players, was drafted into the NBA, he suddenly died.
Jun 25, 1986 · University of Maryland basketball star Len Bias died of “cocaine intoxication” after ingesting an unusually pure dose of the drug that stopped his heart within minutes, Maryland’s chief ...
Jun 19, 2016 · Bias, who would have turned 53 in November, was 22 when he collapsed and died 30 years ago on the morning of June 19. The shocking story became a cautionary tale about the dangers of cocaine and...
Jun 19, 2020 · In one of the most tragic and shocking incidents in the sports world, Bias died on June 19, 1986 — not even 48 hours after the Boston Celtics selected him second overall in the NBA draft. Unfortunately, Bias wasn’t the only player struck by tragedy in the 1986 NBA Draft class .
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