On Monday, May 23, NORML presented attorney Gerald Goldstein with the first ever Michael J. Kennedy Social Justice Award. Read article here: High Times
Tag: Justice
Senators Try to Revive Criminal Justice Overhaul
A bipartisan group of senators unveiled legislation on Thursday to give judges more discretion in sentencing offenders, a renewed push to overhaul the nation's criminal justice system after objections from some conservatives and Republican presidential candidate Ted C… Read article here: High Times
Pot Matters: Obama’s Last Criminal Justice Budget
President Obama has sent hislast budget requestto Congress but has been unable to get it passed. The Republican Congress has its own priorities, especially in an election year, and the final budget for Fiscal Year 2017 (FY2017) will be negotiated throughout th… Read article here: High Times
Candidates Talk Legal Pot, Criminal Justice Reform and More at Fourth Democratic Debate
At the fourthDemocratic presidential debate on Sunday, BernieSanders, who is cutting into Hillary Clinton’s lead, criticized current drug policies for incarcerating non-violent pot offenders rather than using that same money forsocial andecon… Read article here: High Times
In 2016 Campaign, Both Parties Want Reform in Justice System
On the campaign trail, among candidates of both parties, the idea of locking up drug criminals for life is a lot less popular than it was a generation ago. Read article here: High Times
Kansas Supreme Court Justice Compares Drug Charges to Sex Crimes
The Kansas Supreme Court heard arguments this week between state and local officials as to whether or not the city of Wichita should be allowed to implement an ordinance passed in 2014 that decriminalizes marijuana possession. Read article here: High Times
Department of Justice Threatens to Take Away Funds From States That Reform Asset Forfeiture Laws
While former Attorney General Eric Holder said at the beginning of 2015 that the Department of Justice (DOJ) had taken measures to prevent state and local police departments from seizing money, cars and other personal property without first charging a drug suspect with cr… Read article here: High Times
Report: Justice Department Intentionally Bamboozled Congress on Marijuana Amendment
The Department of Justice told Congress last year that the proposed attachment of theRohrabacher-Farramendment to a federal spending bill would “limit or possibly eliminate the department’s ability to enforce federal law in recreational marijuana c… Read article here: High Times
Obama Calls for Fairer Justice System with First-Ever Presidential Visit to a Federal Prison
As part of a weeklong focus on inequities in the criminal justice system, Obama was to meet separately Thursday with law enforcement officials and nonviolent drug offenders who are paying their debt to society at the El Reno Federal Correctional Institution, a medium-secu… Read article here: High Times
Obama Commutes Sentences for 46; Presses for Justice Changes
Calling America "a nation of second chances," President Barack Obama cut the prison sentences of 46 non-violent drug offenders on Monday in what the White House hopes will be just one prong of a broader push to make the criminal justice system fairer while savin… Read article here: High Times