Two Years For Selling a Gram of Marijuana
by TChris
Mitchell Lawrence sold a little more than a gram of marijuana to an undercover cop for $20.
In the months that followed, the cop approached Lawrence again for marijuana. This time, however, Lawrence refused. Weeks later, a crew of undercover cops stormed Lawrence's home and placed him under arrest. On March 22, 2006, Lawrence was sentenced to two years in prison.
Two years for about a joint's worth of weed? Will this benefit society?
Lawrence was set to graduate from high school this spring. Instead, he will watch his fellow classmates graduate from his prison cell.
As the linked editorial opines, "the case of Mitchell Lawrence is one of countless tales of drug war madness that takes place on America's streets daily." Stop the madness. Just Say No to "drug free zones," mandatory minimum sentences, and other ridiculous laws that target insignificant drug crimes. And Just Say No to the politicians who support and promote those laws without regard to the lives they destroy.
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