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Teen
Facing
26
Years
for
First-Time
Marijuana
Offense
Sentenced
to
Two
6/20/03
courtesy NORML News, http://www.norml.org
A 19-year-old teenager from
Moulton, Alabama, who had plead guilty to selling small amounts of marijuana,
had his 26-year sentence cut to two by a state judge last week. The
defendant, Webster Alexander, was ordered to serve one year in the county
jail and a second year on probation. He will be eligible for a work-release
program in one month.
Circuit Judge Philip Reich
suspended 24 years of Alexander's 26 year sentence after noting the defendant
had obtained a high-school diploma, started college, and successfully completed
a drug rehabilitation program since his arrest. Webster must return
to court in two years, at which time the judge will evaluate his progress.
Webster's original sentence
sparked international headlines when the high-school senior was sentenced
to 26 years in jail after pleading guilty to selling small amounts of marijuana
to an undercover drug agent.
Under Alabama law, selling
marijuana is a felony offense. The penalties for sale of marijuana
are enhanced if the sale takes place within a three-mile radius of a school
or public housing project, adding five years to the sentence for the sale.
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Issue #292, 6/20/03
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Newsbrief:
US-Peru Anti-Drug Flights Set to Resume |
Newsbrief:
Israeli Company Receives Notice of Allowance from US Patent Office for
Synthetic Marijuana Pharmaceuticals |
Teen
Facing 26 Years for First-Time Marijuana Offense Sentenced to Two |
Marc Mauer
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