Man sentenced to life in prison for...smoking weed. - Polidicks

[url]http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2011/05/fourth_marijuana_conviction_ge.html#incart_hbx[/url] [quote]Cornell Hood II got off with probation after three marijuana convictions in New Orleans. He didn't fare too well after moving to St. Tammany Parish, however. A single such conviction on the north shore landed the 35-year-old in prison for the rest of his life. State Judge Raymond S. Childress punished Hood under Louisiana's repeat-offender law in his courtroom in Covington on Thursday. A jury on Feb. 15 found the defendant guilty of attempting to possess and distribute marijuana at his Slidell home, court records show. Hood moved from eastern New Orleans to the Slidell area after he admitted to separate charges of distribution of marijuana and possession with intent to distribute marijuana on Dec. 18, 2009, in Orleans Parish Criminal District Court. He received a suspended five-year prison sentence and five years' of probation for each -- which was precisely the same penalty he got in that court after pleading guilty to possessing and intending to distribute marijuana on Feb. 22, 2005. When Hood switched homes, he also requested a new probation officer based in St. Tammany. Authorities granted the wish, and the officer, Dustin Munlin, drove to Hood's place for a routine visit on Sept. 27, 2010. Munlin found nearly two pounds of pot throughout the house, according to court records. He alerted Sheriff's Office deputies. They arrested Hood, who apparently shared the King's Point house with his mother and young son. Prosecutors later charged him with one count of possession with intent to distribute marijuana.[/quote] i am SO glad this deranged psychopath is behind bars along with other deranged psychopaths!

Misleading topic title. He was arrested for selling weed ("distributing"), not smoking it. Still BS though.

Well that's a gross miscarriage of justice and absolutely nothing will happen about it. Yay broken legal system :frown:

[QUOTE=Key_in_skillee;29712867]Misleading topic title. He was arrested for selling weed ("distributing"), not smoking it. Still BS though.[/QUOTE] This.

What the hell? Why waste a cell that could hold some dangerous murderer or serial rapist just to get rid of a guy that's doing something that barely harms him, and certainly doesn't harm anyone else?

[QUOTE=Key_in_skillee;29712867]Misleading topic title. He was arrested for selling weed ("distributing"), not smoking it. Still BS though.[/QUOTE] oh damn it, rate me bad reading, still dumb nonetheless as you said tough.

oh no a man is selling weed arrest him for life!

This sentence would be more appropriate for someone who murdered a bunch of children and hid their skinned bodies in a meat-locker. Not some pot selling idiot. I'm not saying this guy deserves to get off scott-free though, he committed a crime and should be punished. This three-strikes crap is some bull.

And he's a dad, so that kid won't have a father figure through his life :waycool:

[QUOTE=TAU!;29712940]This sentence would be more appropriate for someone who murdered a bunch of children and hid their skinned bodies in a meat-locker. Not some pot selling idiot. I'm not saying this guy deserves to get off scott-free though, [b]he committed a crime and should be punished.[/b] This three-strikes crap is some bull.[/QUOTE] No, he shouldn't be punished for selling something harmless.

[QUOTE=Jasun;29713095]No, he shouldn't be punished for selling something harmless.[/QUOTE] He broke the law regardless, that means that he will be punished.

[QUOTE=Jasun;29713095]No, he shouldn't be punished for selling something [b]harmless.[/b][/QUOTE] Don't go there; never, ever go there. He committed a crime either way. I bolded "harmless" because it sounded like he had the intention to start a flamewar.

Yeah okay 'justice' system you just keep rounding up those HORRIBLE druggies for life while we let those poor and misunderstood rapists and murderers out in 4 years.

[QUOTE=Jamsponge;29712885]What the hell? Why waste a cell that could hold some dangerous murderer or serial rapist just to get rid of a guy that's doing something that barely harms him, and certainly doesn't harm anyone else?[/QUOTE] Interesting read: [url]http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=8289[/url] In short, it's a new form of slavery. Many prisons are privatised, which means they are an industry that needs to turn a profit in order to exist. So, they put their inmates to work, for no or little pay, with most of the money going to the prison. To make more money, prisons require more inmates (slaves) to do more work, so they lobby for heavier punishment. From the article: [quote]"There are approximately 2 million inmates in state, federal and private prisons throughout the country. According to California Prison Focus, "no other society in human history has imprisoned so many of its own citizens." The figures show that the United States has locked up more people than any other country: a half million more than China, which has a population five times greater than the U.S. Statistics reveal that the United States holds 25% of the world's prison population, but only 5% of the world's people. From less than 300,000 inmates in 1972, the jail population grew to 2 million by the year 2000. In 1990 it was one million. Ten years ago there were only five private prisons in the country, with a population of 2,000 inmates; now, there are 100, with 62,000 inmates. It is expected that by the coming decade, the number will hit 360,000, according to reports."[/quote] But hey, we all know the [b]real[/b] danger to America. Muhammed and his rusty AK47.

That theory would only work if there were a shortage of prisoners, and they were making new laws just to put people behind bars. As it is though, our prisons are vastly overcrowded.

Oh god, someone is selling an illegal, harmless substance, throw him in slammer.

[QUOTE=Jasun;29713095]No, he shouldn't be punished for selling something harmless.[/QUOTE] While I agree, he should've been prepared to be arrested. Such is life doing something that is illegal at the moment. But this is far too long for a such a small crime.

[QUOTE=5killer;29713401]That theory would only work if there were a shortage of prisoners, and they were making new laws just to put people behind bars. As it is though, our prisons are vastly overcrowded.[/QUOTE] Wellbeing/Overcrowding isn't an issue when more prisoners equals more profit. They'll just make more prisons.

deserved it

[QUOTE=Professer Trall;29713289]Yeah okay 'justice' system you just keep rounding up those HORRIBLE druggies for life while we let those poor and misunderstood rapists and murderers out in 4 years.[/QUOTE] If I remember correctly, 3 strikes means if you commit 3 felonies, you get life. Selling weed was just his 3rd felony, that's why he got life.

Three strikes policy, just as silly and idiotic as the zero tolerance policy.

I feel sad for this man :smith:

[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;29713642]If I remember correctly, 3 strikes means if you commit 3 felonies, you get life. Selling weed was just his 3rd felony, that's why he got life.[/QUOTE] I'd really like to know what fucked up mind the idea of 3 strikes and mandatory sentencing came out of. Not to mention the fact that it's a horrible source of systematic racism. "Use crack two times then rob a convenience store? You're goin to jail for life (nigger)!"

What the fuck.

I still don't understand why selling weed is illegal and selling cigarettes is not. So glad I live in Holland.

[QUOTE=HendoV2;29713561]deserved it[/QUOTE] Please die [editline]9th May 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=prop_dynamic;29713780]I still don't understand why selling weed is illegal and selling cigarettes is not. So glad I live in Holland.[/QUOTE] Lobbyists.

Seventy years ago they called them concentration camps, now we call them prisons. "Arbeit macht frei"

[QUOTE=TAU!;29712940]This sentence would be more appropriate for someone who murdered a bunch of children and hid their skinned bodies in a meat-locker. Not some pot selling idiot. [/QUOTE] you know he porbly got like 20 years life imprisonment usually isn't literal

Well... probably shouldn't have been selling it since it's still not legal and since he already had two strikes on his record... That wasn't a smart move, bro.

[QUOTE=V12US;29713804]Seventy years ago they called them concentration camps, now we call them prisons. "Arbeit macht frei"[/QUOTE] Yes lets compare a drug dealer going to prison to the fucking holocaust.