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Life without Parole for nonviolent Cannabis conviction
http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dai...efforts_co.php
Efforts to release Jeff Mizanskey, the only man in Missouri serving a life-without-parole sentence for a nonviolent marijuana charge, are continuing this month with help from Show-Me Cannabis and Change.org. Show-Me Cannabis has bought billboard space on I-70 near Kansas City (and near Sedalia, where Mizanskey was arrested). The billboard features a photo of Mizanskey and says: "Life without parole for cannabis? It's time we fix our unjust marijuana laws." Jeff Mizanskey was convicted under Missouri's "Prior and Persistent Drug Offender" statute, the only drug-specific three-strike law in the country. Each of his felonies were for marijuana, the largest being approximately six pounds, which he didn't even have on him. To read the details of Mizanskey's story, go to: How a Missouri Man Could Die in Prison for Weed |
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arguable if "all the best shit is natural." Talk to a chemist who knows how to make some extremely potent drugs, or talk to the pharm industry. I dont think its the role of government to ban everything that is bad for you. One could make an argument that almost everything (including H20 and O2) can be bad for you outside of moderation. |
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Which, to my understanding, b/c it was court ordered, and he didn't get to choose, it was paid for them.
Would she do US a favor and off him? |
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The psychologist that came up with the affluenza defense was a private guy. The family paid for that diagnosis so his punishment would be somewhat sellable to the public |
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If you can't do the time, don't do the crime...
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04-18-2014, 04:51 AM | #41 |
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Weed=the devil... NOT!! Keep it Rasta!!!!
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04-18-2014, 06:00 AM | #42 |
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Isn't giving the aliens argument credence pretty dangerous?
Couldn't now anyone who grows up in the hood argue a similar but opposite mental disorder? |
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04-18-2014, 06:20 AM | #43 |
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the dude that's the DuPont heir looks like the old man from Pawn Stars
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04-18-2014, 06:38 AM | #45 |
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It's the 3 strike rule, and other mandatory laws, that are the problem. The same thing happens with petty theft, and other low level crimes, in other jurisdictions.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...violent-crimes |
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