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Originally Posted by Lzen
Okay, I have to ask, why did he have scales?
Don't take that as I don't believe he was wronged. I do, actually, but that's because I don't think MJ should be illegal. I think the whole drug war is a joke that has put a lot of people in jail that shouldn't have been put there. Still, if he has scales then that is an indication that he was weighing something.  |
He and his girlfriend had been selling pot, Mr. Lzen. According to him, small potatoes type sales. Lids to friends, etc. His story is they had discontinued the activity some time prior and he'd completely forgotten the scales were even there ... or were anything potentially damning. He didn't demand a warrant to search his apartment because he wasn't feeling guilty (clearly, there's a lesson to be learned right there).
So technically, he was guilty. I do not claim otherwise (except I am philosophically and morally opposed to illegal marijuana and the Reefer Madness crowd).
The issue for me was the jury selection process, the forced reliance on a public defender, a (likely) racist judge, and the resulting length of sentence (life-destroying-type long). Point being that it raises questions as to whether a poor, black kid gets a fair shake in a conservative town.
As for me, I have my doubts.
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