The Prisons Foundation is pleased to announce that Keith Stroup will appear at this week's Justice Sundays event at the Prisons Gallery of Art, 1600 K Street NW, Suite 501, Washington, DC.
Keith Stroup is the founder of NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) and current NORML legal counsel. A graduate of Georgetown Law School, he has advocated for alternatives to incarceration for non-violent offenders (on behalf the National Center for Institutions and Alternatives) and for several years served as executive director of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL). Live music will precede and follow Mr. Stroup's presentation at 3 PM.
âMedical Marijuana Panel: Amendment 44 and Low-income Patients,â featuring Sensible Coloradoâs Brian Vicente, renowned I-100 âTest Caseâ defendant Damien LaGoy and other patients. This free event is at noon on Wednesday, November 1 at the University of Denver Law School, room 125.
Senate Staff Briefing Sponsored by the Justice Roundtable
Friday, October 27, 2006
12:00 â 1:00
226 Dirksen
(Bring your brown bag lunch)
On October 27, 1986 President Ronald Reagan signed the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986. The lawâs mandatory penalties for crack cocaine offenses are the toughest ever adopted for low-level drug offenses. A defendant convicted with five grams of crack cocaine (the weight of less than two sugar packets) is subject to a five-year mandatory minimum sentence. The same five-year penalty is triggered for powder cocaine only when the offense involves 500 grams, 100 times the minimum quantity for crack. Twenty years later it is time to re- evaluate the implications of this law and determine whether the lawâs application reflects Congressâs intent in 1986 when the legislation was enacted. Panelists will discuss the effects of the legislation on drug abuse and public safety, as well as a range of proposals for reform.
LEARN ABOUT THE CRISIS, HOPEFUL POSSIBILITIES FOR CHANGE and
WHAT YOU and YOUR CONGREGATION CAN DO!!
Opening Speaker: Dr. James A. Forbes, Jr., Senior Minister of The Riverside Church
Additional Key Presenters (list not complete):
Canada's Supreme Court on Thursday threw out the conviction of medical marijuana activist Grant Krieger because of a judge's overreaching jury instructions.
Sam Smith's Progressive Review summarizes the beguiling story http://prorev.com/2006/10/fading-days-of-asa-hutchinson.htm of Barry Seal, a major cocaine smuggler who operated undisturbed in Mena, Arkansas while Asa Hutchinson was the Republican United States Attorney and Bill "Vacuum Cleaner Nose" Clinton was Governor.
Three California cities and one in Arkansas have lowest law enforcement priority marijuana initiatives on the ballot. We check in to see how they're doing as the final countdown begins.