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Jeff Mizanskey Released From Prison
Friends and family of Jeff Mizanskey gathered outside the Jefferson City Correctional Center at around 7 am in…
September 1, 2015
Jeff Mizanskey: Marijuana Lifer Gets Parole
It has been three months since Missouri Governor Jay Nixon commuted the sentence of marijuana lifer Jeff Mizanskey,…
August 11, 2015
Jeff Mizanskey: Marijuana Lifer Scheduled for First Parole Hearing
Jeff Mizanskey—the Missouri inmate who has become the poster child for sentencing reform in regard to the offense…
August 4, 2015
Jeff Mizanskey Fears Dying in Jail Over Pot Charges
It has been nearly a month since one of the most infamous prisoners of the drug war, Jeff Mizanskey,…
January 29, 2015
Why Should We Care If Pot Offenders Get Released From Prison?
"The enforcement of cannabis criminalization is one of this nation's biggest hypocrisies as tens of thousands remain behind bars, while others are privileged to generate millions of dollars."
April 11, 2022
Missouri Man is Freed After Serving 11 Years for Cannabis Possession
Robert Franklin of Missouri was freed from prison Thursday after serving over a decade of his 22-year sentence for possession of a pound of marijuana.
July 2, 2021
Giving Thanks in the Trump Era
With the election of Donald Trump as president, it seems clearer each day that the cannabis industry and…
November 25, 2016
Freed Pot Prisoner on a Mission to Reform Missouri’s Brutal Weed Laws
A man who spent more than 20 years in prison for weed is spending his newfound freedom out…
May 5, 2016
Voices of Three Freed Drug War POWs
I’m in Arlington, VA, covering the Drug Policy Alliance’s biennial International Reform Conference. There are over 1,500 attendees…
November 20, 2015
Missouri Governor Commutes Life Sentence for Pot Offender
Jeffrey Mizanskey, a Missouri man sentenced to life in prison with no possibility for parole over marijuana possession,…
May 26, 2015