35 Years in Prison for 1/4 pound of Cannabis in Texas

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JackTheGrower

• Mar 10, 2010

• #1

It seems like a moment out of the Twilight Zone that someone could get 35 years in prison for Cannabis when it was medical and about 1/4 pound.

For being caught with just over a quarter pound of pot, 54-year-old Henry Walter Wooten will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars, thanks to a jury in Tyler, Texas.

His prosecutor, Smith County Assistant District Attorney Richard Vance, originally sought a sentence of 99 years over the 4.6 ounces of marijuana police found in Wooten's vehicle, according to published reports.

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We really have nothing better to do than keep the Texas prison industry running smoothly.
That quarter pound bust will cost over $100,000 to punish Wooten or was that over $1,000,000 for 35 years of imprisonment.

http://rawstory.com/2010/03/texas-jury-jails-man-35-years-marijuana-possession/

Can you imagine this in our day and age.. 35 years for less than a pound of cannabis? Doesn't that fall under cruel and unusual punishment?

Ernst

 

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wdr

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• Mar 10, 2010

• #2

I thought polish drug policy is piece of shit, i was wrong.. Thats human tragedy..

 

maxibiogreen

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• Mar 10, 2010

• #3

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Why are governements so afraid of cannabis ???????

tobacco legal
alcohol legal

if you kill someone in america you won t get 35 years

Having marijuana in the pockets seems to put you number one on the most wanted criminal list of the world.

I m ashamed of being human when i see that. When are we gonna be free to do something armless people??
Let me know if you know.

 

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JackTheGrower

• Mar 10, 2010

• #4

It's Insane!

Okay the Guy seems to be a dumb person for sure..

But 35 years?

Free Wooten!

 

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tripa

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• Mar 10, 2010

• #5

Texas man...there's a lot of bad punishments for not so bad mistakes i've heard. I'm sure martial law will destroy many lifes.

 

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texsativa

• Mar 10, 2010

• #6

That does seem off, did he have any prior marijuana convictions? It is illegal, a year sentence, ok I could see that even though I don't agree with it. 35 years? That is an injustice.

 

ithinkiam

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• Mar 10, 2010

• #7

JackTheGrower said:

It's Insane!

Okay the Guy seems to be a dumb person for sure..

But 35 years?

Free Wooten!

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heheh.

 

chuckyoufarley

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• Mar 10, 2010

• #8

a dude around here got hit with a pound of coke and a handgun and he only faces 20 yrs.NOW THATS FUCKED UP

 

Leptosoma

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• Mar 10, 2010

• #9

human tragedy, you are right wdr.
When people will understand....

all stay safe bros

peace

 

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REDEYE_420

• Mar 10, 2010

• #10

WTF!

WTF!

WTF! 35 years!

The simple fact that governments around the world have made Nature against the law is a joke, but to send a 54 yr old to jail for 35 years for Cannabis-well that sickens the shit out of me!

F*ckin scum judge! F*ckin scum po-po!


Time for a REVOLUTION!

 

stink.whistler

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• Mar 10, 2010

• #11

Also from the article:

Wooten’s sentence is identical to the punishment dealt to Alejandro Arreola, who was given 35 years in jail by a jury in Del Rio, Texas for his involvement in a multimillion dollar marijuana smuggling ring. Arreola, according to reports, transported over 24 tons of the stuff into the United States. His accomplice, Casey Bob Hutto, got 24 years.

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BiG H3rB Tr3E

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• Mar 10, 2010

• #12

JackTheGrower said:

We really have nothing better to do than keep the Texas prison industry running smoothly.
That quarter pound bust will cost over $100,000 to punish Wooten or was that over $1,000,000 for 35 years of imprisonment.

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It cost tax payers $30,000 per inmate per year. So that 1/4 pound of devil weed is going to cost the american tax payers $1,050,000.

I blame privatized prisons. We need to get rid of them YESTERDAY. If our government dont have the time or resources to jail you, then obviously your not enough of a danger to be in the prison system.

Nobody should be in jail unless its for a heinous crime, like rape, murder or child molestation.

 

facelift

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• Mar 10, 2010

• #13

Wooten, who was convicted of two felonies in the 1980s, was also accused of marijuana possession in a drug free zone in 2008, the paper noted.

Strike 3...

 

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indicapimp

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• Mar 10, 2010

• #14

Tyler Texas man gets 35 years for 4.6 ounces of Marijuana

Tyler Texas man gets 35 years for 4.6 ounces of Marijuana

WOW

http://www.dfwnorml.org/forum/here-home/tyler-texas-man-gets-35-years-46-ounces-marijuana-852.html

 

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theJointedOne

• Mar 10, 2010

• #15

that is inhumane

 

SOTF420

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• Mar 10, 2010

• #16

Obama needs to step in and pardon this fuckin guy, Jesus Christ man..what is this Signapore law?

 

pearlemae

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• Mar 10, 2010

• #17

UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!!!!!! Another good reason not to go to Texas..

 

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danny karey

• Mar 10, 2010

• #18

WTF!!! Thats some f'd up shit......poor guy.

Danny

 

Big Foot

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• Mar 10, 2010

• #19

The man got what he deserved, after all marijuana is a harmful dangerous herb that teaches people to think for themselves, not the government.

 

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milehimedi

• Mar 10, 2010

• #20

sad