Categories: aggregated

A Life Sentence in Prison for 43.71 Grams of Cannabis? Mississippi Supreme Court Upholds Draconian Ruling

In recent news, a man convicted of life imprisonment based on cannabis possession had lost his appeal in the Mississippi Supreme Court. The state’s highest court, on the 16th of June 2022, decreed that Allen Russell’s sentence of life imprisonment does not violate the  Eighth Amendment. The Judge ruled that the initial sentence is in fact in line with the statute of Mississippi.

Jason

Share
Published by
Jason

Recent Posts

Venezuela, Drugs and Oil: How Washington’s Policy Has Changed

Washington has removed Venezuela from the group of countries deemed to have “failed demonstrably” in…

1 hour ago

AI Apocalypse or Corporate Psyop? The Real Reason Tech Giants Are Hitting the Brakes

On September 9, a 27-year-old named Jacob Coxon quit Anthropic and told the internet why…

1 hour ago

Ecuador’s Hemp Market Is Growing Fast—and It’s Not Just About Cultivation

Ecuador’s hemp sector is projected to approach or surpass $20 million in 2026 as companies…

1 day ago

Miami SWAT Raid: Why Two Elderly Men Turned to Drug Trafficking for Retirement

The traditional off-ramps, pensions, savings, Social Security that actually covers your bills, family structures that…

1 day ago

The Deadly Toll of the Controlled Substances Act on Mental Health Treatments

Let me put it another way: the United States government spent more than fifty years…

2 days ago

New Jersey Is Kicking THC Drinks Out of Liquor Stores. High Tide Has a Plan.

New Jersey’s THC beverage market is heading into the most consequential stretch of its short…

3 days ago