Parole denied for 68-year-old in Alabama: ‘A life sentence for growing marijuana’

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Parole denied for 68-year-old in Alabama: ‘A life sentence for growing marijuana’
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Alabama actually has medical cannabis now, maybe soon?

Alabama has plenty of problems outside of being able to smoke weed or not

For example choosing to imprison older people to what is effectively a life sentence for a non violent charge

Sorry, that was my point I tried to make. If they legalize to recreational, expunging convictions is a much bigger likelihood and maybe he will see freedom soon.

That's a massive leap. Even if they legalized recreational, and that's a BIG if, that doesn't mean they will expunge existing convictions.