DA Launches Initiative to Lower Penalties for Drug Possession
DA launches initiative to lower penalties for drug possession
As promised, San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón has launched an initiative campaign to make drug possession a misdemeanor instead of a felony, a move opposed by most of his fellow prosecutors and California's governor. The ballot measure …
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Iowa man sentenced for high speed chase, drug possession
Vorachit Luexayachak, 40 of Iowa, was sentenced in Deuel County District Court last week for possession of marijuana with intent to deliver or distribute, a class three felony and operating a motor vehicle to avoid arrest, a class four felony. Judge …
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Drug possession nets five-year sentence for Lakeside man
A Lakeside man has been sentenced to five years in prison and five years of probation after pleading guilty in a drug possession case that led to the revocation of a prior burglary sentence. Shannon Powell, 45, pleaded guilty in Flathead District Court …
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SF sentencing commission says drug possession should be misdemeanor, not …
A first-of-its-kind criminal justice sentencing commission in San Francisco, created by District Attorney George Gascón, is recommending a change in statewide law that would reduce drug possession from a felony to a misdemeanor. The finding, one of …
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