If Marion County will keep electing Andre Carson, why wouldn't they legalize pot?
Exactly...
...and when is the next prosecutor election? Sounds like Mears is starting his campaign now.
If Marion County will keep electing Andre Carson, why wouldn't they legalize pot?
That was my initial thought. Newly appointed Democrat temporary prosecutor will soon be running his first election. You have no campaign organization or funds. What announcement might get some free attention?Having a policy is one thing. Announcing it to the worlds is grandstanding for some political purpose....when is the next election for prosecutor?
That was my initial thought. Newly appointed Democrat temporary prosecutor will soon be running his first election. You have no campaign organization or funds. What announcement might get some free attention?
Yeah, whatever. I'll stop multi-tasking, at let you full-time posters take over.
Back to (pot and alcohol free) work.
That was my initial thought. Newly appointed Democrat temporary prosecutor will soon be running his first election. You have no campaign organization or funds. What announcement might get some free attention?
Race has something to do with both issues. Marijuana accounts for 52% of all drug arrests and blacks are 3.73 time more likely to be arrested for marijuana than whites. https://www.aclu.org/gallery/marijuana-arrests-numbersIf Marion County will keep electing Andre Carson, why wouldn't they legalize pot?
Blacks are more likely to be arrested than whites period as a percentage. Its not just a marijuana issue. Its a cultural absent daddy issue.Race has something to do with both issues. Marijuana accounts for 52% of all drug arrests and blacks are 3.73 time more likely to be arrested for marijuana than whites. https://www.aclu.org/gallery/marijuana-arrests-numbers
Announcing a no prosecution for possession policy in a county with 50% black population can't hurt your election chances.
Believing it's the right thing and it getting votes in a given demographic aren't mutually exclusive.Blacks are more likely to be arrested than whites period as a percentage. Its not just a marijuana issue. Its a cultural absent daddy issue.
Im not willing to concede this was done for simply votes. I really hope our acting chief LEO in the capital county has more integrity than that.
Didn't catch the reference, but Hammer and Nigel were reporting that 3-400 people will be let out of jail on this.
Since when can prosecutors legislate law?
Wait...what? A county prosecutor can decide what not to prosecute, but he doesn't get to decide to release people who have been convicted.
...if they are talking about pretrial detainees....that a lot of simple possession cases with no other charges....which seems implausible.
The Marion County Jail has 2,500 people in it at any given time. Statewide, it looks like 56% of jail detainees are pretrial, so assuming this for Marion County, that would be around 1,400 pretrial detainees....and out of all of the possible charges, I have a hard time believing simple possession of MJ alone makes up over 20%.