Mississippi Supreme Court Upholds Life Sentence for Cannabis Possession

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By TG BranfaltJun 20, 2022, 2:58 pm221 pts
The Mississippi Supreme Court last week upheld the conviction of a man sentenced to life in prison for cannabis possession, WLBT reports. The court found that Allen Russell’s life sentence – handed down in 2019 for possession of 43.71 grams, or less than two ounces – did not violate the Eighth Amendment…

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