gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 5 months agoParole denied for 68-year-old in Alabama: ‘A life sentence for growing marijuana’www.al.comexternal-linkmessage-square189fedilinkarrow-up11.02Karrow-down18file-text
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minus-squarestevedidWHAT@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·edit-25 months agoAlabama has plenty of problems outside of being able to smoke weed or not For example choosing to imprison older people to what is effectively a life sentence for a non violent charge
minus-squareCaptainSpaceman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·5 months agoSorry, that was my point I tried to make. If they legalize to recreational, expunging convictions is a much bigger likelihood and maybe he will see freedom soon.
minus-squarePerfide@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·5 months agoThat’s a massive leap. Even if they legalized recreational, and that’s a BIG if, that doesn’t mean they will expunge existing convictions.
minus-squareCaptainSpaceman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 months agoIndeed, which is why I chose my words carefully on the previous response.
minus-squarestevedidWHAT@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoAll good! Miscomms happen nbd to talk it out for me ☺️
Alabama has plenty of problems outside of being able to smoke weed or not
For example choosing to imprison older people to what is effectively a life sentence for a non violent charge
Sorry, that was my point I tried to make. If they legalize to recreational, expunging convictions is a much bigger likelihood and maybe he will see freedom soon.
That’s a massive leap. Even if they legalized recreational, and that’s a BIG if, that doesn’t mean they will expunge existing convictions.
Indeed, which is why I chose my words carefully on the previous response.
All good! Miscomms happen nbd to talk it out for me ☺️
Can they do Trump next?