Wrongfully imprisoned for 27 years, denied $1.35 million compensation, because of teenage marijuana possession 30 years ago
By "Radical" Russ Belville on June 13, 2009
The next time someone dismisses the legalization question because nobody goes to prison for simple marijuana possession, remind them that prison is not the only detrimental effect of a marijuana possession charge. It can cost you a job, your children, your home, and in the case of one Florida man freed from prison by DNA evidence, it could cost you $1.35 million
In case you’re wondering how William Dillon managed to get convicted of a murder he didn’t commit? Read on…
Wow, that’s a real bang-up beyond-a-reasonable-doubt prosecution there, ain’t it?
By "Radical" Russ Belville on June 13, 2009
The next time someone dismisses the legalization question because nobody goes to prison for simple marijuana possession, remind them that prison is not the only detrimental effect of a marijuana possession charge. It can cost you a job, your children, your home, and in the case of one Florida man freed from prison by DNA evidence, it could cost you $1.35 million
That’s $1,350,000 that the State of Florida owes William Dillon for wrongfully caging him for 27 years of his life. That’s Nelson Mandela time! Wrongfully convicted of murder, freed by modern science, and he cannot have his justice because he was a teenage pot smoker that got caught. Please — 1979, when Dillon was 19, was the modern peak of marijuana usage in America. Sixty percent of high school seniors had tried marijuana, half had used in the past year, and one-third had used in the past month.
In case you’re wondering how William Dillon managed to get convicted of a murder he didn’t commit? Read on…
Wow, that’s a real bang-up beyond-a-reasonable-doubt prosecution there, ain’t it?
dude got his manhood yanked train style the first night in prison with a few shanks shoved in him 2 
