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Article • June 1, 2025 • from PLN June, 2025
Former Centurion Owner Accused of Helping Florida Governor Kill Legalized Weed by D uring a hearing on April 9, 2025, Florida lawmakers pieced together an elaborate money trail from the former owner of prison and jail medical giant Centurion Health, which pumped $10 million into an ultimately successful effort by …
GOP Michigan County Commissioner Re-elected— and Headed to Federal Prison by Voters in Michigan’s Monroe County returned Mark Brant to the County Commission on November 5, 2024—most not knowing that he was due to report to federal prison. Brant, 68, was sentenced to an 18-month term in federal court for …
Article • August 15, 2024 • from PLN August, 2024
Maryland Pardons 175,000 Marijuana Misdemeanor Convictions by Maryland prisoners with misdemeanor marijuana convictions had them erased as of June 18, 2024, when Gov. Wes Moore (D) issued pardons for every state misdemeanor conviction for possession of pot or related paraphernalia. The pardons will not release any prisoners; the misdemeanor convictions …
Mississippi Prison Warden Suspended After Security Chief Caught Smuggling by Warden Terrance Watt was placed on administrative leave by the Mississippi Department of Corrections after his Chief of Security at Winston-­Choctaw Regional Correctional Facility was picked up on smuggling charges on July 11, 2024. Nikita Carter, 35, was arrested and …
Article • August 15, 2023 • from PLN August, 2023
Missouri Legalizes Marijuana and Expunges Criminal Records by David Reutter by David M. Reutter By June 8, 2023, misdemeanor criminal records of those previously convicted in Missouri of a nonviolent marijuana-related offense were scheduled to be expunged. Felony expungement is set to follow by December 8, 2023. Though some counties …
Article • December 1, 2021 • from PLN December, 2021
Filed under: Marijuana Laws/Issues
California Supreme Court: Prisoners Cannot Legally Possess Cannabis by Casey Bastian by Casey Bastian On November 8, 2016, California voters went to the polls to consider whether the Control, Regulate, and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act, known as Proposition 64 (Prop64), should be approved. Prop64 was easily passed with …
Article • June 23, 2021
A Life Sentence for Pot? Not if Beth Curtis Can Help It by Daniel A. Rosen by Daniel A. Rosen Seventy-nine-year-old Beth Curtis has been nicknamed the “Mother Theresa of Pot Prisoners” for good reason. The self-described “incessant nag” has lobbied for years on behalf of those sentenced to life …
Pasadena Alternative Care, Inc. v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Settlement Agreement, Unlawful Seizure and Destruction of Property, 2020 SETTLEMENT AGREE.Mti:NT ANU MU'I'UAL GENERAL RELEASE This SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND MUTUAL GENERAL RELEASE (the "Agreement") is entered into by and between Pasadena Alternative Care Inc. ("Plaintiff'), on the one hand, and …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Tenth Circuit Reinstates Colorado Prisoner’s Claim that Requires BOP to Release Him from Imprisonment for Marijuana Possession by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 16, 2019, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of Colorado federal prisoner Aaron Sandusky’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus, thereby …
Publication • 2020
ACLU Racially Targeted Arrests in the Era of Marijuana Reform, 2020 •• • . ' •• . : ACLU RESEARCH REPORT A Tale of Two Countries Racially Targeted Arrests in the Era of Marijuana Reform ACLU RESEARCH REPORT A Tale of Two Countries Racially Targeted Arrests in the Era of …
USA v. Henshaw, IL, Opinion, Sentencing for Marijuana Conviction, 2018 In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 17‐1628 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff‐Appellant, v. SKYLAR D. HENSHAW, Defendant‐Appellee. ____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois Division. No.16 …
Doe v. Nevada, NV, Appeal, Marijuana Medical Registry, 2017. 133 Nev., Advance Opinion 15 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA JOHN DOE, ON HIS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF A CLASS OF THOSE SIMILARILY SITUATED, Appellant, vs. STATE OF NEVADA EX REL. THE LEGISLATURE OF THE …
Brief • November 28, 2017
US v. Baptiste, FL, Appeal, Immigration Custody-Imprisonment, 2017 Case: 16-10871 Date Filed: 11/28/2017 Page: 1 of 11 [PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ No. 16-10871 ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 1:15-cr-20372-JLK-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus EDRISS BAPTISTE, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ Appeal from the …
Pasadena Alternative Care, Inc. v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Complaint, Unlawful Seizure and Destruction of Property, 2017 pc, ('('' ,..,., ., •. ':_,, ·, _ , r:;: I -.._.' I 1 Law Offices of Anthony Curiale Anthony L. Curiale (SB No. 90861) 2 265 South Randolph Avenue, Suite 105 …
Brief • May 30, 1999
Filed under: Marijuana Laws/Issues
Wilson v. WA DOC, WA, Appeal Dismissal, Possession of Marijuana, 1999 1 BEFORE THE PERSONNEL APPEALS BOARD 2 STATE OF WASHINGTON 3 4 Appellant, 5 v. 6 ) ) Case No. DISM-99-0026 ) ) FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF ) ) LAW AND ORDER OF THE BOARD ) ) ) …