 Ffoulkes
Male, 40-49, Western US
 40 Posts
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011 8:07:31 PM
Agree with it or not, the law is the law. You break the law, you go to jail. |
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 erikthevikin
Male, 30-39, Canada
553 Posts
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011 7:36:04 PM
So glad to be Canadian. |
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 TwoEyezBlind
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
486 Posts
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011 7:28:43 PM
Yaaaaay. One down. 3 billion to go! |
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 duffytoler
Male, 40-49, Midwest US
5220 Posts
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011 6:41:58 PM
For weed? INSANE. I don't care if it's two pounds or two hundred bales, this is BS. |
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 shalantas
Male, 18-29, Western US
426 Posts
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011 6:41:44 PM
where is the video? ugh... hey google... we meet again. |
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 planty
Female, 30-39, Western US
120 Posts
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011 6:31:11 PM
This is exactly why Marijuana needs to be legal. This person was not causing harm to anyone but himself. If it was able to be bought like cigs and beer he would not even have to put up with the dealers and their thug ways. |
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 BigM
Male, 18-29, Canada
131 Posts
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011 6:19:59 PM
you know whats sick. within the month marijuana will most likely be decriminalised in the land of Canada. |
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 mrpuddle
Male, 18-29, Western US
386 Posts
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011 6:05:22 PM
magerune our laws have nothing to do with the bible. The laws agents hemp started because it was starting to infringe on the lumber companys. |
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mrpuddle
Male, 18-29, Western US
386 Posts
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011 6:01:07 PM
Please tell me that a man did not just get life in prison over a plant. |
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 magerune
Male, 18-29, Canada
83 Posts
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011 4:47:55 PM
Wow the land of the free...
Say what you want about Canada but I love it here, the bible belt in the united states honestly scares me sometimes. |
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Negativitron
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
66 Posts
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011 4:17:25 PM
so.... this guy gets three meals and a cot, at the expense of taxpayers, for life, when it would be cheaper to sentence him to something lighter. hmm. |
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 Reignblazer
Male, 18-29, Europe
1552 Posts
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011 4:00:35 PM
Should've moved to the Netherlands after his second conviction! |
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 Rick_S
Male, 40-49, Eastern US
2860 Posts
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011 3:59:04 PM
A few things. First, his crime wasn't smoking it, it was dealing it. $1600 and 2 pounds of the stuff. Second, this wasn't his first offense, but his fourth. He got off with probation on the three prior convictions, but didn't this time. Third, he wasn't given life for dealing pot, it was given life for being a repeat offender. That's a different law. A technicality, yes, but one worth mentioning.
I personally think that he should have gotten the maximum sentence allowable by law for the dealing offense, and NOT the mandatory sentence of life. That has more to do with my opinion on mandatory sentencing than on the legality debate about pot. |
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 IceDragon77
Male, 18-29, Western US
498 Posts
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011 3:57:35 PM
Here is an idea - Don't do the crime! |
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 Fatninja01
Male, 18-29, Australia
23995 Posts
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011 3:53:51 PM
wow |
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 Agent00Smith
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
1136 Posts
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011 3:45:17 PM
this made me wanna smoke |
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 hatface
Male, 18-29, Europe
614 Posts
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011 3:44:47 PM
@xiquiripat DUI can still mean driving under the influence of drugs. So yeah, there might be plenty roaming the highways, and I'm sure many of them have been convicted for driving under the influence of drugs. |
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 xiquiripat
Male, 18-29, Western US
2419 Posts
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011 3:27:36 PM
And people with multiple DUI convictions roam the highways. |
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xiquiripat
Male, 18-29, Western US
2419 Posts
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011 3:24:06 PM
Ridiculous. No deterrence value and a huge waste of money feeding and housing this guy for the rest of his life. The law has no apparent utility and should be revised. |
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 5Cats
Male, 40-49, Canada
16938 Posts
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011 3:21:49 PM
Legalize it!
But really, this guy IS A DOPE! Gosh if you cannot control yourself knowing you'll face LIFE next time, you might as well go directly to jail, don't bother passing Go either... |
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 Neoptolemos
Male, 18-29, Europe
358 Posts
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011 1:57:49 PM
@green_batman: I agree. Stupid sentence. And the comments that actually condone this sentence sadden me... we still have a long way to go as a species. |
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 DuckBoy87
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
2089 Posts
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011 1:21:19 PM
He obviously didn't learn his lesson the first three tines, maybe he will now... |
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 ruthless1990
Female, 18-29, Europe
2989 Posts
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011 1:15:35 PM
"Ah America, how you make me love my country even more"
i was thinking the same thing!
you crazy crazy Americans and your crazy crazy laws |
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 duckflash
Female, 13-17, Europe
571 Posts
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011 1:10:52 PM
@green_batman, exactly! |
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 green_batman
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
730 Posts
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011 12:38:53 PM
I can't watch the video because I'm in public and without headphones, but, if this is one of those three strike deals, it's ridiculous. You should get punished appropriately for the crime you commit. Life in prison for four minor offenses is just lazy legislation and lazy judicial execution. The point of the human element of the judicial system is to appropriately judge the severity of a crime, rather than applying a blanket rule where it might not be appropriate. Whether you agree with marijuana being illegal or not, it is a minor offense in comparison with rape, murder, and most other crimes. To sentence a marijuana user with life in prison when other, worse crimes are getting off on parole, is just wrong. |
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