Sentences with phrase «minor marijuana possession»

A drug possession conviction, even on a minor marijuana possession crime, can have significant and often unexpected consequences.

He ended prosecutions of minor marijuana possession offenses, and he exonerated several people who had been wrongfully imprisoned.

«We've dramatically reduced the overuse and abuse of stop - and - frisk, initiated a comprehensive plan to retrain the entire NYPD to reduce the use of excessive force and to work with the community, reduced arrests for minor marijuana possession, and given officers body cameras to improve transparency and accountability,» de Blasio said.

Not exact matches

Still, he maintained «90 percent» of the young people in Rikers aren't there for minor offenses like marijuana possession.

I do believe that violent criminals should be kept behind bars, but when poor men (because they mostly are men) are being put behind bars because of possession of marijuana and other minor crimes, it spreads the system too thin and it's unable to focus on the people who should really be away from public.

«I don't think that people should anticipate that the backlog of the courts is largely due to prosecutions from minor possessions of marijuana,» says Edward Prutschi, partner at Adler Bytensky Prutschi Shikhman Criminal Litigation, when asked whether legalizing marijuana will assist in dealing with court delays.

Even if you are facing a relatively minor charge such as possession of a small amount of marijuana, you could lose your cash and, if the charges are more serious, you could even lose your home if it is considered to be proceeds of the crime you have been charged with.