Tag: sentencing

(90 posts)
November 30, 2012
11/30/2012
Pot Seized at Border Will Not Be Used Against Teenager

Pot Seized at Border Will Not Be Used Against Teenager

A brick of marijuana that Border Patrol agents found in a boy’s pants while frisking him illegally should have been excluded as evidence, the 9th Circuit ruled...
By: Tim Hull
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November 29, 2012
11/29/2012
Outrage at Potential Sentence for Montana Marijuana Grower

Outrage at Potential Sentence for Montana Marijuana Grower

05:43pm Chris Williams is sitting in a private federal prison on the Montana prairie these days awaiting sentencing. If the federal government has its way, he...
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November 20, 2012
11/20/2012
Prosecutors in Colorado, Washington Dismiss Even More Marijuana Cases

Prosecutors in Colorado, Washington Dismiss Even More Marijuana Cases

Prosecutors throughout Colorado and Washington state continue to dismiss hundreds of pending misdemeanor marijuana possession cases. On Thursday, Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey and City Attorney Doug Friednash announced that they...
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November 20, 2012
11/20/2012
Singapore Eases Death Penalty in Some Drug Cases

Singapore Eases Death Penalty in Some Drug Cases

02:46pm The parliament of Singapore has approved legislation abolishing mandatory death sentences in some drug trafficking cases. The action came last Wednesday, according to a press...
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November 16, 2012
11/16/2012
Voters Legalize Marijuana, States Dismiss Hundreds of Pending Marijuana Cases

Voters Legalize Marijuana, States Dismiss Hundreds of Pending Marijuana Cases

Many wondered just what the exact effects of passing a marijuana legalization law would be. Some speculated no good would come of passing a state law while...
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November 8, 2012
11/08/2012
More Drug-Related Election Results, Good and Bad

More Drug-Related Election Results, Good and Bad

04:23pm We’ve covered the two-out-three victories for the statewide marijuana legalization initiatives and we’ve covered the medical marijuana initiative victory in Massachusetts, but there was more...
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November 7, 2012
11/07/2012
BC Politicians, Marijuana Supporters Condemn Bill C-10′s Tough New Drug Laws

BC Politicians, Marijuana Supporters Condemn Bill C-10′s Tough New Drug Laws

If you grow six marijuana plants in BC, prepare to spend six months in the slammer. Canada’s drug prohibition laws got tougher as a component of Bill C-10...
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October 19, 2012
10/19/2012
Japanese Teen Gets 6 Months for Marijuana in Bali

Japanese Teen Gets 6 Months for Marijuana in Bali

A 17-year-old Japanese boy was sentenced to six months in prison Thursday for possessing a small amount of marijuana while vacationing with family on Indonesia’s resort island...
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August 9, 2012
08/09/2012
Bill O’Reilly Shouts Dumb Stuff About the Drug War Again

Bill O’Reilly Shouts Dumb Stuff About the Drug War Again

10:25pm I don’t even want to know how many times I’ve written about the reckless idiocy of this man, but what am I supposed to do,...
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July 20, 2012
07/20/2012
Robert Platshorn Loses First Round In Parole Fight

Robert Platshorn Loses First Round In Parole Fight

Robert Platshorn (aka. The Black Tuna) has been told by U.S. District Judge Donald Middlebrooks he must remain under the supervision of the parole office and that trying to...
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