Derek Harris, a black Louisiana man who was sentenced to life in prison for selling less than $30 worth of marijuana, has been freed after 10 years

[basquebromance]

good luck. use your 2nd chance wisely!

After nearly a decade in prison for a marijuana sale, Derek Harris has been freed | CNN

Derek Harris, a Louisiana man who was sentenced to life in prison for selling less than $30 worth of marijuana, has been freed after nearly a decade behind bars.

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[Sunni Man]

Derek Harris didn't get a life sentence for selling marijuana.
He had been convicted of other felonies, and his marijuana conviction trigged the Habitual criminal act. Known as the 3 strikes you're out law.
Which mandates a life sentence to keep career criminals like him off the street ...

 

[basquebromance]

Derek Harris didn't get a life sentence for selling marijuana.
He was a career criminal and his marijuana conviction trigged the Habitual criminal act.
Known as the 3 strikes your out law. ...

details, details...

 

[Anathema]

He should have been executed for both the drug offense and the habitual offender issues. Now this lawless freak will be back on the streets. I give it less than 30 days before he’s arrested again.

 

[Moonglow]

Another milestone of a nation's defeat fighting a plant.

 

[basquebromance]

rich rappers send their kids to private schools. their lyrics send black people's kids to jail, or worse!

 

[LuckyDuck]

Derek Harris didn't get a life sentence for selling marijuana.
He was a career criminal and his marijuana conviction trigged the Habitual criminal act.
Known as the 3 strikes your out law. ...

details, details...

The details are important. If a state has a "three-strikes and you're out" law and you are convicted of crimes twice, you are absolutely stupid to just commit another crime. Such behavior shows that you don't give a damn about the laws and will most likely never stop committing crimes. We have too many criminals as it is.

 

[Mac-7]

details, details...

The lib journalist who wrote the story YOU posted did not provide details