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there are plenty of britney griner in california in jail for weed thanks to the same people that now fight for freeing britney griner.

mikeyouse 4y ago
Point me to a single person in California jail for 9 years for possession of under 1 gram of weed. CA legalized weed and then went the extra mile (which many states haven't) to expunge existing convictions and for people being punished currently, downgrading most felony possession counts to misdemeanors and reducing/dismissing the rest of the charges; https://www.pubdef.ocgov.com/programs/dismissal-and-re-sentencing-of-certain-marijuana-convictions https://www.pubdef.ocgov.com/programs/dismissal-and-re-sente...
- Cupertino95014 4y ago
  So if the people Kamala Harris prosecuted got less than 9 years, that's OK? "only a few dozen people were sent to state prison for marijuana convictions under Harris’ tenure." https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/09/11/kamala-harris-prosecuting-marijuana-cases/ https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/09/11/kamala-harris-prosecu...
  - mikeyouse 4y ago
    Just bottomless wells of bad faith arguments. It's incredible.
    - Cupertino95014 4y ago
      We were talking about marijuana prosecutions in the US vs. Russia. How is it "bad faith" to mention prosecutions in San Francisco?
      - mikeyouse 4y ago
        When was the last prosecution in California? Are there any people in jail today for the crime? What was the average sentence of the 6 people per year who went to prison while Harris was DA? What crime were those people convicted of and what quantity of drugs did it involve? Do you think Chesa was inappropriately lenient in choosing not to prosecute crimes? The tack of your supposed argument let’s me know plenty enough that I’m not remotely interesting in continuing this conversation.
        Cupertino95014 4y ago
        You ask five questions and then say you're not interested in continuing this conversation. And then you bring up Chesa, whom no one's mentioned at all. Cute.

mikeyouse 4y ago

Point me to a single person in California jail for 9 years for possession of under 1 gram of weed. CA legalized weed and then went the extra mile (which many states haven't) to expunge existing convictions and for people being punished currently, downgrading most felony possession counts to misdemeanors and reducing/dismissing the rest of the charges; https://www.pubdef.ocgov.com/programs/dismissal-and-re-sentencing-of-certain-marijuana-convictions https://www.pubdef.ocgov.com/programs/dismissal-and-re-sente...

Cupertino95014 4y ago
So if the people Kamala Harris prosecuted got less than 9 years, that's OK? "only a few dozen people were sent to state prison for marijuana convictions under Harris’ tenure." https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/09/11/kamala-harris-prosecuting-marijuana-cases/ https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/09/11/kamala-harris-prosecu...
- mikeyouse 4y ago
  Just bottomless wells of bad faith arguments. It's incredible.
  - Cupertino95014 4y ago
    We were talking about marijuana prosecutions in the US vs. Russia. How is it "bad faith" to mention prosecutions in San Francisco?
    - mikeyouse 4y ago
      When was the last prosecution in California? Are there any people in jail today for the crime? What was the average sentence of the 6 people per year who went to prison while Harris was DA? What crime were those people convicted of and what quantity of drugs did it involve? Do you think Chesa was inappropriately lenient in choosing not to prosecute crimes? The tack of your supposed argument let’s me know plenty enough that I’m not remotely interesting in continuing this conversation.
      - Cupertino95014 4y ago
        You ask five questions and then say you're not interested in continuing this conversation. And then you bring up Chesa, whom no one's mentioned at all. Cute.