I would tend to agree with this, steve. If you're in federal prison for marijuana it's because you got busted for a quantity that was enough to distribute. You may have pled down to simple possession to avoid having to go to trial where you probably would have gotten a much larger sentence but the feds aren't out making traffic stops and busting people for having a dime bag in their car. Anyway, presidents can pardon whoever they want for whatever reason they want. This is a vote buy plain and simple. If Congress wants to change the law then it's up to them, but this is pandering at best and does nothing to stop it going forward after this soft on crime administration leaves office. Congress should get off their ass and change the law or people should pay for doing the crimes. That's how it's supposed to work.
On Fri, Oct 7, 2022, 11:49 PM Steve Jones <st...@togservice.com> wrote: > Nobody goes to federal prison for just simple possession of marijuana. I > so hate that tripe. Just like the third striker who went up for life for > stealing a pack of gum. He went for committing too many crimes and still > stealing gum when he knew the consequenses > First of you go to prison for felonies, not misdemeanors. So theres no > "simple possession" it's a word game to make it sou d like Johnny quire boy > got 10 large for a joint. No, Johnny had carry weight and got nabbed cause > hes not very good at being a criminal. > I'll be glad when they decide whether the classification of marijuana is a > mid term or 2024 vote purchase so this is all behind us anyway. > It's sad that something that should ha e been changed decades ago keeps > being pocketed as a hail mary for a losing election team > > On Thu, Oct 6, 2022, 9:05 PM Robert <i...@avantwireless.com> wrote: > >> Brother of a friend got sentenced for simple possession, went to the big >> house and raped by white supremists.. joined them to keep from getting >> killed, got aids and then used as a pawn by same WS and convicted of >> threatening the governor.. So wrong on so many levels... >> >> On 10/6/22 5:29 PM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote: >> >> I know a guy that got life for weed under the three strikes law back in >> the late 1980s. Last time he saw me he said: “fuck chuck, you can kill >> somebody and only get 15 years. This is crazy” I don’t know if he ever >> got out. >> >> *From:* Darin Steffl >> *Sent:* Thursday, October 6, 2022 6:00 PM >> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: about time >> >> Took long enough. No one should be in prison for simple possession of >> weed. It turns non-violent criminals into something worse than that. I'm >> sure it's traumatizing for those incarcerated for something that didn't >> hurt anyone. >> >> Why put people in prison for weed but sentence people way less time, or >> not at all, for physical abuse, battery, sex crimes, etc? It's sick! >> >> We see too many black people in prison for weed but white people get >> charged less or are released on probation for rape with evidence. >> Particularly, young white men who "have a future" and the judge wouldn't >> want to ruin their life. Forget about the woman they raped, it's just boys >> being boys. >> >> Obviously not every judge is a shit head racist, but some of them are and >> they should be weeded out. The US incarcerates way too many people as a >> whole. >> >> On Thu, Oct 6, 2022, 4:44 PM Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> My nephew has a close friend who was sent up 8 years for possession of 2 >>> or 3 ounces of weed. I think he got a couple years off for good behavior >>> or something, but the kid wasn't even 21. >>> >>> >>> >>> https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/10/06/statement-from-president-biden-on-marijuana-reform/ >>> >>> -- >>> bp >>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> AF@af.afmug.com >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >> ------------------------------ >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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