Judge Arranges Sterilization as Part Woman’s Probation For Pot
A Charleston woman agreed in Kanawha Circuit Court Monday to a judge's suggestion that she have her fallopian tubes tied as part of her probation.
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Vancouver Pot Activist Marc Emery To Plead Guilty To US Drug Charge
Marijuana activist Marc Emery says he plans to drop his fight against extradition to the U.S. and plead guilty to one charge of drug distribution in a Seattle courtroom next month.
Prince of Pot to Plead Guilty This Summer
The lawyer for Canada’s so-called Prince of Pot said Wednesday he’ll appear in a Seattle court this summer to plead guilty to a charge of conspiracy to manufacture marijuana.
B.C. Judge Agrees To Delay of Marc Emery U.S. Extradition Hearing
A judge has agreed to adjourn the extradition hearing for marijuana activist Marc Emery that was scheduled to begin next week.
Drug War Nightmare For British Woman In Laos Prison
CANNABIS CULTURE - The nightmare continues for a 20-year-old British woman who was apparently raped and impregnated in a Laos prison after being arrested and accused of smuggling heroin.
New Jersey Man Gets 20 Years For Growing 51 Marijuana Plants
A township man was sentenced to 20 years in prison Friday morning for maintaining a marijuana production facility in his Millstone River Road home.
Mother Goes To Jail For Letting Friend Blow Pot Smoke Into Her Child’s Face
An Oklahoma mother will spend the next ten years in prison for letting another adult blow marijuana smoke in her child's face...and it was caught on camera.
Medical Pot Provider’s Sentencing Postponed
A federal judge in Los Angeles wants more information on the new U.S. attorney general's comment that there are no plans to prosecute dispensary owners operating within their state's laws.
Maybe This Is The Way The War On Marijuana Ends
In 'jury nullification', a jury in a criminal case effectively nullifies a law by acquitting a defendant regardless of the weight of evidence against him or her. Until our national politicians show some backbone on the issue of marijuana law reform, it's one of the only ways to avoid imposing hideously cruel "mandatory minimum" penalties on marijuana users who don't deserve to go to prison.
The Definition of a “Two-Tiered Justice System”
Aside from the intrinsic dangers and injustices of arguing for immunity for high-level government officials who commit felonies (such as illegal eavesdropping, obstruction of justice, torture and other war crimes), it's the total selectivity of the rationale underlying that case which makes it so corrupt.
