Sentences with phrase «marijuana charges»

Some 86 percent of people arrested on marijuana charges last year were black or Latino even though all racial groups use the drug at similar rates, officials have said.

Eight of the prisoners I talked with were there for marijuana charges, two for crack cocaine.

Liberal MP Bill Blair — the man in charge of the marijuana file — described the rate of marijuana charges as «shocking,» yet, last week, the government opposed an NDP motion calling for its decriminalization while we wait for the slow wheels of legalization to turn.

Across the five boroughs, black people were arrested on low - level marijuana charges at eight times the rate of white, non-Hispanic people over the last three years, The New York Times found.

We have been defending clients against marijuana charges in Ontario and across Canada since 1992.

Lt. Gov Gavin Newsome spoke about the effects this would have on people with marijuana charges on their arrest records.

The Times reported that blacks in the city are eight times more likely to be arrested on low - level marijuana charges as whites and that the difference can not entirely be attributed to more residents in predominantly black neighborhoods calling police to complain about marijuana.

Police forces in some parts of Ontario make it a point to publicly associate marijuana charges with accused individuals, even before the cases have been tried.

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP)-- A man known as the Godfather of Grass has been deported from Canada and will be held in a Vermont prison pending his return to Kentucky to face federal marijuana charges.

San Francisco prosecutors, who had long ago deprioritized marijuana charges, dismissed the decades - old charge and released Garcia Zarate on April 15, 2015.

But his course changed when he was transferred from federal custody to San Francisco County Jail in March 2015 on an old warrant alleging he fled marijuana charges in 1995.

Then, instead of being deported a sixth time, he was transferred by federal authorities to San Francisco to face an old marijuana charge.

The Legal Aid Society is seeking an injunction compelling the NYPD to enforce a directive reminding officers that they may not arrest someone on a misdemeanor marijuana charge if they find small amounts of the drug in their clothing.

Since the late Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson announced that he would decline to prosecute some cases involving marijuana charges in 2014, the number of weed - related convictions has dropped about 75 percent in Brooklyn, according to the DA's Office.

In fact, one of the film's three black characters, Mildred's friend and coworker, played by Amanda Warren, even looks cheerful and eager to help out after yet another abuse of power by the police lands her in a multi-day jail stay over a bullshit marijuana charge.

A majority of the Canadian public remains blissfully convinced that Canada is soft on minor marijuana charges.

There have been cases such as Antonio Bascaró, who has been in prison for 37 years because of non-violent marijuana charges.

Retained Aaron to handle my sons Possession of Marijuana charges during his senior year in high school.

Even without mandatory minimums, Courts treat marijuana charges, cocaine charges and heroin charges seriously and are asked by prosecutors to impose jail terms upon conviction.

They clearly have cash to burn, since they just arrested eight people on marijuana charges allegedly associated with the now - famous bong photo of Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps.

To take time served on a possession of marijuana charge you can enter either a plea of no contest or guilty and the end result is the same, a permanent conviction on your record.

Police and prosecutors should go further to resolve racial disparities, some advocates and public defenders argued — the NYPD should stop making arrests on low - level marijuana charges and district attorneys should not prosecute them at all.

Advocates have portrayed the District of Columbia measure as a civil rights issue, saying studies have shown that African Americans are disproportionately more likely to be arrested on marijuana charges than are people of other races.

He faced a sixth deportation in 2015, and was in Justice Department (DOJ) custody that March after serving 46 months in prison for a felony re-entry into the US, but instead of transferring him into the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for deportation, the department transferred him to the San Francisco County Jail for prosecution of a 1995 marijuana charge.

He was dismissed from Missouri after several run - ins with the law, including burglary and assault investigations and two arrests on marijuana charges.

Yes, that was embarrassing, seeing himself on TV in the summer of» 96, clad in a jailbird orange jumpsuit, needing a haircut and a shave, his wrists and ankles chained together for his arraignment on the marijuana charge.

The district attorneys in Manhattan and Brooklyn are weighing plans to stop prosecuting the vast majority of people arrested on marijuana charges, potentially curbing the consequences of a law that in New York City is enforced most heavily against black and Hispanic people.

His announcement followed a report released by his office, which detailed how individuals from predominantly black and Hispanic neighborhoods were arrested at a higher rate on marijuana charges than those living in white neighborhoods.

-- Black and Hispanic People are Disproportionately arrested for low - level marijuana charges — New York Times's Benjamin Mueller, Robert Gebeloff and Sahil Chinoy: «There are many ways to be arrested on marijuana charges, but one pattern has remained true through years of piecemeal policy changes in New York: The primary targets are black and Hispanic people.

The district attorneys of Manhattan and Brooklyn are considering no longer prosecuting the vast majority of people arrested on marijuana charges.

Racial disparities in arrests have continued despite de Blasio's stated desire to eliminate them and the Brooklyn and Manhattan district attorneys» promises of leniency for low - level marijuana charges.

While she said she appreciates the trend toward legalization and acknowledged that «a solitary charge of marijuana» is «probably not a valuable use of resources,» she maintained that «there can be a function to a low - level marijuana charge — depending on if it's linked to something else, depending on if it is an individual who may have a bigger problem.»

The Brooklyn district attorney's office, which in 2014 decided to stop prosecuting many low - level marijuana cases, is considering expanding its policy so that more people currently subject to arrest on marijuana charges, including those who smoke outside without creating a public nuisance, would not be prosecuted, one official familiar with the discussions said.

Padilla's attorney negotiated a guilty plea under which all but the marijuana charge would be dismissed, and further, where Padilla would serve five years of an otherwise 10 - year sentence.

For example, if you are 18 years old and you pay a fine for a Simple Possession of Marijuana charge, this would be your first drug conviction.

Police decline to charge and prosecutors often divert or withdraw these marijuana charges.

Instead of arresting you, impounding your car, and taking you to jail to await trial (unless you can make bail), the police will now give you a summons for when you must appear in court to answer for the possession of marijuana charge.

In fact, marijuana charges can significantly affect many aspects of every - day life.

Haddad Law Firm is experienced in defending possession of marijuana charges.

In fact, marijuana charges have significant consequences on many aspects of every - day life.

These kids are cut slack — police decline to charge and prosecutors often divert or withdraw the marijuana charges.