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Jury Duty

Earlier this year, I mentioned Jeff Trigg’s experience with jury duty, and how telling the truth (that he believed in the principle of jury nullification) caused him to be excused. (Parts 1, 2, and 3 ) Now Baylen Linnekin has gone through a similar experience in being called for jury duty for a drug case. […]

Fighting Drug Abuse Requires Ending Prohibition

A nice little overview article at About by Andrew Somers is now online: How do we end the War on Drugs?. The recommendations:

End the black market by ending prohibition. Regulate the manufacture, sale, and distribution of soft substances using the alcohol model. Use taxation, and spread the revenues so generated to education and treatment […]

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Freeman on Washington Supreme Court rules felony drug possession law unconstitutional: “Any news on what happens with cases that have already been prosecuted? Release from prison? Expungement of criminal records? Re-instatement…” Feb 27, 12:23

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