Browsing Tag
pot prisoner
19 posts
Mischief Not Managed: Real Harry Potter Busted for Pot
Will the real Harry Potter please get off your Firebolt and show the officer the contents of your Hogwart’s…
April 18, 2017
Why Do Some Non-Violent Pot Lifers Get Parole and Others Don’t?
In 2007, Ferrell Scott was sentenced to life in prison, without parole, for possessing and conspiring to sell…
December 7, 2016
Florida: Man Caught Growing Cannabis for Cancer-Stricken Wife Faces 35 Years in Prison
While Florida is on its way to legalizing medical marijuana in the 2016 election, a Miami man is…
September 29, 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
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
Maryland Man Gets 20 Years for 6 Grams of Weed
Although more judges across the United States have changed their opinion in regard to dealing with small-time marijuana…
May 12, 2015
Texas Men Facing Life in Prison for Pot Brownies
Everything is bigger in Texas, even when it comes to handing out prison sentences for possession of marijuana.…
March 27, 2015
Free Antonio Bascaro, the Longest Serving Pot Prisoner in the US
With more than half the United States legalizing marijuana for medicinal or recreational purposes, it is difficult to…
March 25, 2015