Mammoth Jones
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Completely irrelevant. Being an adult or not shouldn't get her five decades in jail.
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Reporter Who Quit On Air in Support of Pot Legalization Facing 54 Years in Prison
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Completely irrelevant. Being an adult or not shouldn't get her five decades in jail.
Princess Viola
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Correct. Include the awesome guns in that country, the countless murdered black people by police who should protect (lol these losers get shaken up even when someone doesnt have a weapon! and the workaholics where companies dont give you enough vacation like other people in this world. Please.
Trump will be president too wont he?
Heaven Shard
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They may have targeted her, but she did jump the gun and what she was doing was illegal. She could've waited till the law passed.
And of course no one takes the full sentence- if she even gets jail time.
No one should ever be jailed for selling a goddamn vegetable.
And of course no one takes the full sentence- if she even gets jail time.
Which is exactly why drug criminalization laws need serious reevaluation. They are archaic and cancerous birth of the dark 'war on drugs' era that erupted after the civil rights movement.
No one should ever be jailed for selling a goddamn vegetable.
Corronchilejano
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I was about to say that even white people are affected by ridiculous laws.
Of course she's black.
Of course she's black.
benjipwns
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Do you have a reason she was "way way" wrong other than the coincidence that her actions are considered illegal by the state?
So?
Chuck Norris
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It's not illegal though
Neither is posting on NeoGAF. 50 years in prison for you.
hydragonwarrior
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She's about to be made an example (unfortunately, any one unfortunate enough to be an example will have their lives ruined - like serious, 54 years? your life is pretty much over by the time you leave).
She didn't have a license to sell recreational weed, so it was illegal.
She should've been fined though. Prison time is ridiculous.
Dreams-Visions
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I don't know about you guys, but knowing she's behind bars for the majority of her remaining life will help me sleep better at night.
Blackage
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Our drug laws are retarded, she's basically being treated like a drug kingpin for the overall quantity of weed involved.
therealjay
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I highly highly doubt this women is going to jail for 54 years. In fact I'd be surprised if she ends up with any jail time.
If I'm not mistaken their is precedence that if a law is about to be changed judges will tend to drop cases against people that broke the law during the same period.
I could be wrong and all that but I really doubt she ends up in jail.
If I'm not mistaken their is precedence that if a law is about to be changed judges will tend to drop cases against people that broke the law during the same period.
I could be wrong and all that but I really doubt she ends up in jail.
Kite
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lol So much hand-wringing over the 54 years thing, yall know that is the max possible sentence right?
For example in Cali the max fine for speeding is over $600, but most people aren't paying anything near that. I swear people fall for this hyperbole in news articles every single time.
benji is a libertarian.
I know he's banned, but this needs to be challenged.
She's black.
If anyone is getting full jail time, it's blacks. Just because of skin tone. Don't be naive and assume it won't happen: look around and see how likely it is to happen.
SecretMoblin
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Define "work" though. Overall alcohol consumption was down during Prohibition.
Heavy_D206
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I am so grateful to live in a state that legalized Marijuana.
Being able to walk into a store and browse the product, then get home and fire up a bowl without any fear of consequences is incredible.
I'm shocked that people are still being arrested for being in possession of a plant.
Being able to walk into a store and browse the product, then get home and fire up a bowl without any fear of consequences is incredible.
I'm shocked that people are still being arrested for being in possession of a plant.
I really hope legalization passes this year in California. I don't even know if I would start using it again (lost interest years ago), but I think alcohol consumption is out of control in this country, and it would be nice to have a legal alternative.
I'm in Alaska, and there's *a lot* of people really stretching or breaking the law right now. So yes she's in the wrong, but I don't see why she should be the one taking all the punishment. Also I blame the state for dragging their ass. It's been legal almost 2 years, and there's still no where to buy it legally.
It'll be legalized... as soon as they work out how to prevent blacks from getting into the business when it does.
Don't forget the cotton industry as well.
Don't forget the cotton industry as well.
She painted a target on herself on live TV and then kept on selling while it was still not legal. Chalk this one up to being a dummy tbh.
Yea. Prison time is ricidulous. They should have given her a large fine and then barred her from getting a license for like 2-3 years or something as punishment.
The Faceless Master
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no agenda there. nope!
while i think even your sentencing is a little much (personally, i think just a fine and halting her business until they're all open would be enough), it's definitely a lot more reasonable.
54 years for weed, lmao. what an obvious abuse of power.
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