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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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sounds like a scam to get people's phone numbers on the radar
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04-18-2014, 05:35 PM | #107 |
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04-18-2014, 05:38 PM | #108 |
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Yes, this guys pounds of weed weren't going to kill someone.
Its kind of an eye for an eye proposition to me, a wanton death calls for a death, a repeat and unrepentant rapist calls for death, pedo's call for death... anything beyond that isn't a fair trade IMO. |
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04-18-2014, 05:57 PM | #109 | |
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04-18-2014, 06:03 PM | #110 |
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04-18-2014, 06:13 PM | #111 |
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The amount of people on this site that are perfectly ok with a man serving life in prison for growing a plant while never being any sort of risk or danger to society, is unsurprising to say the least.
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04-18-2014, 06:26 PM | #112 |
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04-18-2014, 06:27 PM | #113 |
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would he serve less if he had the same amount of drugs but with cocaine or meth?
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04-18-2014, 06:36 PM | #115 |
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He's not serving life in prison for growing a plant. He's serving life in prison for being colossally stupid.
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04-18-2014, 06:43 PM | #116 |
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many better options
shit, would rather just kick him out of the country than jail him forever You have 2 choices Mr. Mizanskey, spend your life in jail or give up citizenship and leave the U.S. forever. Which is it?
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04-18-2014, 06:43 PM | #117 |
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... and that's okay with you?
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04-18-2014, 06:50 PM | #118 |
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It is, in essence, a death sentence... over laws that shouldn't be that harsh in the first place, regardless of what a heedless fool he is... "whats wrong with this guy? second strike in Missouri? time to get the hell out", I get that. But still, LIFE for a petty drug, in any amount, is garbage. |
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04-18-2014, 07:11 PM | #120 |
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