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Webpage: http://www.contracostatimes.com/tom-barnidge/ci_17162147
Pubdate: Sat, 22 Jan 2011
Source: Contra Costa Times (CA)
Copyright: 2011 Bay Area News Group
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Website: http://www.contracostatimes.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/96
Author: Tom Barnidge
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?115 (Cannabis - California)
SENTENCING FOR MARIJUANA VIOLATIONS IS A MATTER OF POT LUCK
JEFFREY SCHWARTZ has been a public defender, county prosecutor and
criminal defense attorney. Before he came to his senses, he was even
a journalist, working for the National Law Review.
Thanks to those varied perspectives, more than 20 years into his
career, he has arrived at a conclusion about our criminal justice
system: The way we prosecute marijuana violations is lunacy, not to
mention a waste of money.
The Arcata-based lawyer believes this so strongly that he spends
about 60 percent of his time defending marijuana suspects.
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MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom
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