Las Vegas Cannabis Dispensary Helps Free People In Prison For Non-Violent Drug Crimes
The Buried Alive Project has dozens of videos in their archives of people walking out of prison for the first time in more than a decade
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Obama Commutes Sentences for 22 Drug War Prisoners
In one fell swoop, the president has doubled the number of drug sentence commutations issued during his term of office. It's a start.
Sexism in the Drug War
We examine the reasons behind the rise of the fastest growing prison population in the US.
To This Philly Social Worker, the NYPD Slowdown Sounds Like a Dream
My job is to help young street-level drug dealers get out of a racially biased criminal justice system that will ruin their lives. I've often imagined that the police stop arrests for petty drug crimes, forcing the plea-deal machine to grind to a halt.
Indonesia Executes 6 for Drug Offenses, Sets Off Diplomatic Storm
Indonesia has executed six people -- including five foreign nationals -- for drug offenses, setting off a diplomatic storm.
Obama Commutes Sentences for Eight Drug Offenders
CANNABIS CULTURE - President Barack Obama today commuted the prison sentences of eight drug offenders and issued pardons for 12 other people who had already finished their sentences.
REDEEM Act Aims to Fix Criminal Justice System
CANNABIS CUTLURE - A pair of US senators from opposite sides of the political spectrum have teamed up in a bid to fix "the nation's broken criminal justice system."
Drug War is Filling Prisons with Women
U.S. prisons are still mostly occupied by men, but women are getting thrown behind bars at a much faster rate these days, largely because of the war on drugs.
Forty Six Thousand Drugs Prisoners Could Get Reduced Sentences
The U.S. Sentencing Commission voted to retroactively apply drug sentencing reductions.
US Sentencing Commission Votes Unanimously to Make Drug Sentencing Reductions Retroactive
The US Sentencing Commission Friday voted unanimously to make previously agreed upon federal drug sentencing reductions retroactive.
