War on pot rejected by voters

[Keith Millea]

There was once a small window of sanity.When Jerry Brown became Govenor of California sometime around 1976 give or take,he expunged all the criminal records for relatively small pot busts.Of course Jerry was the big laugh on the political and media fronts."Govenor Moonbeam" was the joke of the Rat Bastards...............

Another thing to remember is that there is NO better way to disenfranchise a group than to take away their vote.Having a felony conviction does just that.An utterly unconstitutional ploy to keep the underclass in check.

[Mark Stapleton]

Here's another happy story from the annals of the great American society.

http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n1108/a02.html?397

A first time offender who was carrying a firearm while selling cannabis recieves a prison sentence of 55 years. His appeal fails. He has two young kids and is a producer of rap records. (ooh those evil rappers).

That's five years more than they gave public enemy number one, Lucky Luciano.

Now what do you get for murder in the US?

[Dawn Meredith]

Here's another happy story from the annals of the great American society.

http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n1108/a02.html?397

A first time offender who was carrying a firearm while selling cannabis recieves a prison sentence of 55 years. His appeal fails. He has two young kids and is a producer of rap records. (ooh those evil rappers).

That's five years more than they gave public enemy number one, Lucky Luciano.

Now what do you get for murder in the US?

The article states he had three prior convictions involving use of a gun in furtherance of drug dealing. Unless this is just a poorly worded article...???
And yes you can get way less here in TX. for murder. My friend's daughter was murdered and he got 35 years. But this was pursuant to a plea deal. This guy went to trial. It is still wacky but it appears it was the gun that got the sentence not the pot. Meaning if this was just selling pot without a weapon the outcome would have been different. (However without seeing more detail it's difficult to speculate.)
Dawn

[Mark Stapleton]

The article states he had three prior convictions involving use of a gun in furtherance of drug dealing. Unless this is just a poorly worded article...???
And yes you can get way less here in TX. for murder. My friend's daughter was murdered and he got 35 years. But this was pursuant to a plea deal. This guy went to trial. It is still wacky but it appears it was the gun that got the sentence not the pot. Meaning if this was just selling pot without a weapon the outcome would have been different. (However without seeing more detail it's difficult to speculate.)
Dawn

The sentence seems so harsh it beggars belief, so I would assume there's more to the story than the facts outlined in the article.

Still, 55 years is a life sentence for him and his family.

The WOD targets the poor and minority groups.