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 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.