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Cry-Baby of the Week: A Man Was Arrested For Handing Out Fliers on Jury Rights Outside a Court
Also this week: A guy freaked out so hard when he saw a spider that his neighbors thought he was murdering someone.
Rich Paul Is Appealing His 81-Year Prison Sentence for Selling Pot
A jury found Rich Paul guilty last month and sent him away for a long, long time for a nonviolent crime. But he's appealing—even though he admittedly sold weed to an FBI informant—on the grounds that that jury wasn't properly informed about their...
Eighty-One Years for Weed?
Here’s how absurd the war on drugs has gotten: an activist from Keene, New Hampshire, is facing 81 years in prison for dealing marijuana, and while he's admitted to the crime, he’s still fighting the case in court today in hopes the jury will acquit...
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