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My high school classmate and, coincidentally, my SO's friend from college is currently doing time for "possession of large amounts of marijuana" - 19g to be spe
by Tade0 4y ago
My high school classmate and, coincidentally, my SO's friend from college is currently doing time for "possession of large amounts of marijuana" - 19g to be specific.
He used to be a local weed dealer and while he knew what he was getting into and was consciously breaking the law at the time, after his first arrest a few years ago he stopped and got a regular job.
He only got involved with the court again because one acquaintance of his was charged with drug dealing and figured he could lessen his sentence by giving the authorities someone else to prosecute.
All in all a person who could otherwise continue to be a productive member of society has to spend two years in prison now.
- rbinv 4y agoWhat's the state where this happened?
- Tade0 4y agoNot in the US. Poland.
- subpixel 4y agoI have a high-school friend in prison for 20+ years for marijuana-related charges. I now live in a recreationally legal state, the irony is not lost on me.
- iinnPP 4y agoUS prisons are absolutely packed with young marijuana dealers/users with effectively lifetime sentences. Many of them are truly good people.
- rainworld 4y agoA small fraction is in for possession only, and even that is misleading considering the prevalence of plea deals and career criminals.
- andybak 4y agoWhen I was younger, a lot of my friends sold the occasional bit of pot. As far as I know the vast majority of them are productive members of society nowadays.
- treis 4y ago>US prisons are absolutely packed with young marijuana dealers/users with effectively lifetime sentences. No they aren't. Only 20% of inmates are in jail for drug offenses and only a tiny fraction (if there's even one) is on a life time sentence for dealing weed.
- cstejerean 4y agoEffectively a life sentence I think means they’ll have a hard time finding a job once they get out resulting in likely reoffending at some point and ending up back in jail.
- donkeyd 4y ago> Many of them are truly good people. If prison hasn't fucked them up. I really hope these people will find their way in society if there's ever a pardon, because it might be really had to adapt to normal life, even if you ended up in jail for something as stupidly innocuous as smoking weed.
- whimsicalism 4y ago> US prisons are absolutely packed with young marijuana dealers/users with effectively lifetime sentences. Just not at all true.
- whimsicalism 4y ago20+ years in the US? No gun related charge or priors with other drugs/guns? That is very unusual if so.