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[–] roguetrick@kbin.social 59 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (5 children)

That law provides several different levels of trafficking, and Hotchkiss was convicted under the lowest level – having between 2.2 lbs and 100lbs. That weight includes all parts of the plant, root and stem and all.

40 years, jesus fucking CHRIST.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 36 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I'm 6400km tall if you include the earth under my feet

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm billions of light years tall if you include the space above my head.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Damn you should play in the NBA

[–] PopMyCop@iusearchlinux.fyi 2 points 10 months ago

I don't know if he has the mass to play, he sounds like a lightweight.

[–] ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] glimse@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Damn they'll never let me on the rollercoaster now...

[–] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 29 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Who, actually, believes society is better off for caging this man??

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

no one. but a great many people like that it happened

[–] wafflez@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The rich for more slave labor?

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

yeah and general schadenfreude, racism, hippy-bashing and general reefer madness buffonery.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Many--there are people whose lives REALLY suck and they can't imagine them being better so they want to make others' lives worse. This is how a significant portion of the population votes.

[–] ElleChaise@kbin.social 18 points 10 months ago

An old pot grower's adage goes something like: if the sentencing minimum is for between 1-99 plants, you might as well grow 99.

People like Bud serve as the real life example for this kind of saying sadly.

[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

This is stupid, why is the lowest charge range so big. 2.2 lb to 100 lb that is a huge range and you're telling me there is ranges higher than that? He already has life in prison the hell do they do with the higher ranges

[–] Maeve@kbin.social 4 points 10 months ago

And dirt they made sure to water.