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Human Rights Watch on Coerced Guilty Pleas in US Drug Cases
[inline:offer-you-cant-refuse.jpg align=right]A report from Human Rights Watch released this morning demonstrates the corruption o
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The Crooked Cop and the Case of the Vanishing Guilty Plea [FEATURE]
When can you get a guilty plea overturned in federal court? When the cop who busted you is crooked, that's when.
Dept. of Justice building, Washington, DC (gsa.gov)
HUGE: Administration to Allow State Marijuana Legalization to Proceed
[image:1 align:right caption:true]Deputy Attorney General James Cole has issued "guidance" to federal prosecutors with respect to the state marijuana laws.
Eric Holder
A Sentencing Reform Turning Point?
[image:1 align:right]For months now there have been signs that political will may be building for a change in direction in sentencing and prison policy.
2011 press conference in Bogota announcing the 56 indictments (presidencia.gov.co)
Serial Offender: Miami Fed. Prosecutor Called on Misconduct in Drug Cases [FEATURE]
A federal prosecutor in Miami seems to have real problems practicing her profession within the rules of the game, particularly if drugs are involved.
Dale Schafer and Mollie Fry (canorml.org)
Angry Afternoon (The Human and Fiscal Cost of the Medical Marijuana Wars)
Two reports came out today about the federal government's attacks on medical marijuana providers.
California prison overcrowding (US Supreme Court)
California Senate Passes Drug Defelonization Bill
A bill that would give California prosecutors the option of charging hard drug possession as a misdemeanor instead of a felony has passed the state Senate and now heads to the Assembly.
Boulder County DA Stan Garnett (bouldercounty.da.gov)
Boulder DA Stops Marijuana Possession Prosecutions
Boulder County DA Stan Garnett has become the first in Colorado to announce he is no longer prosecuting small-time marijuana possession cases. He said he doubted he could find a jury to convict, anyway.
King County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Satterberg is no longer prosecuting small-time marijuana possession cases. (kingcounty.gov)
Washington DAs Begin Dropping Marijuana Possession Cases
And so it begins. Prosecutors in two of Washington's most populous counties have said they are dismissing pending marijuana possession cases in the wake of last Tuesday's victory for I-502.
2008 Dia Mundial de la Marijuana (Global Marijuana Day), March, Mexico City
Another Reason for Mexico to End Its Drug War
[image:1 align:right caption:true]Along with catalyzing devastating violence that has claimed 60,000 lives thus far, there's another good reason for Mexico to end its ill-fated drug war -- they