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relic
of a bygone era


Registered: 10/14/14
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Re: Life in jail for POT possession (List of current serving life + Addresses/DOC, lets write to them) [Re: JohnRainy]
#26334704 - 11/20/19 11:52 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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JohnRainy said:
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RELEASE DATE: 999 YEARS 99 MONTHS 99 DAYS
That's from one of the cases in the link. It makes we wonder, why does the USA give sentences like that? Surely after the prisoner dies, they take him out of jail and cremate or bury him, right? Or do they leave him imprisoned until the year 3000 or whatever then sweep out his dust?
Im seriously asking. Why does the USA give unnatural prison terms? Do the courts anticipate re-incarnation and think the US justice system has first dibs on the workings of karma?
Do they think someone might live to be 1000 years old?
While they are at it, why not just sentence them to an ETERNITY behind bars? Why just a little over 1000 years, like buddy got for marijuana here?
Does anybody know?
Because the US prison system is all about punishment and revenge rather than rehabilitation and reintegration. Its why we still have the death penalty; it dissuades nobody and is purely state sanctioned murderous revenge.
that's the best I can do with those bullshit sentences. 'He was sentenced to eighteen life sentences just in case he reincarnated eighteen times'
Edited by relic (11/21/19 12:09 AM)
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relic
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Registered: 10/14/14
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Re: Life in jail for POT possession (List of current serving life + Addresses/DOC, lets write to them) [Re: Loaded Shaman]
#26335141 - 11/21/19 07:17 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Loaded Shaman said: I came across this earlier, and found it both informative and interesting to consider:

Does that say there's no felony possession cannabis charge in VA?!?
If you get caught with an oz of pot in VA, you can bet they're charging you with possession with intent to distribute; that comes with a class 5 felony charge.
My wife's firm has defended people against possession with intent to distribute for as little as a quarter oz of cannabis when a scale was also found in proximity of the weed. Doesn't matter that you're just trying to make sure your bag weighs. They think you're automatically selling when a scale or other items like sandwich baggies and/or scales are found close by.
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