Re:Seattle judges throw out 15 years of marijuana convictions
by Strom on Friday September 28, 2018 @05:02AM
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You gotta start small and iterate. Going for world peace with the first step isn't going to work.
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Re:Seattle judges throw out 15 years of marijuana convictions
by marshmellowtest on Friday September 28, 2018 @07:40AM
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Law is not a lean startup.
In many countries there are constitutional principles to prevent arbitrary pardon. If a law was unjust all prisoners are freed.
Re:Seattle judges throw out 15 years of marijuana convictions
by gdfasfklshg4 on Friday September 28, 2018 @05:13AM
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This is terrible news for those that didn't get included. The public will miss the details and think that everyone was included. Anyone with a conviction outside this arbitrary time period will be assumed to have some extenuating circumstances that meant that their conviction was upheld.
Re:Seattle judges throw out 15 years of marijuana convictions
by enedil on Friday September 28, 2018 @06:10AM
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Is that really worse for people who were omitted by this legislature that this legislature passed? Because I can't see any change.
Re:Seattle judges throw out 15 years of marijuana convictions
by gdfasfklshg4 on Friday September 28, 2018 @08:11AM
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Yes it is. Before when a potential employer saw a cannabis conviction on a criminal records check they would have potentially ignored it because it is no longer a crime. Now they will think that all the previous convictions that should have been struck off have been struck off and any that show will be treated as having had enough merit to have been deliberately missed out.