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Hunter 05/26/21 An Iowa City man faces decades in prison after police allegedly found him with meth and marijuana in his vehicle. Authorities say the incident
Allen Russell is doing life without parole in Mississippi for 1.5 ounces of weed.
Marijuana Policy
Federal Bill to Protect Marijuana Users from Losing Public Housing Filed. Rep. Eleanor Holmes-Norton (D-DC) has refiled a bill that would let people who live in federally subsidized housing use marijuana in compliance with state laws without fear of losing their housing. Under current federal law and policy, marijuana users can be evicted from public housing even in states where it is legal. Individuals living in federally assisted housing should not be denied admission, or fear eviction, for using a legal product, Norton said on Thursday. Adult use and/or medical marijuana is currently legal in 36 states and the District of Columbia, and over 90 percent of Americans support legalized medical marijuana. The bill is not yet available on the congressional website.
Mississippi Appeals Court Upholds 38-Year-Old Man’s Mandatory Life Sentence without Parole for Marijuana Possession Jerry Lambe
Allen Russell
The Mississippi Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld a mandatory life sentence for a 38-year-old man convicted of marijuana possession, reasoning that his previous convictions made him a “violent habitual offender” under state law.
Allen Russell was sentenced to life in prison by a Mississippi circuit court in 2019 after a jury convicted him of possessing more than 30 grams of marijuana and prosecutors introduced evidence of his prior convictions during his sentencing hearing.
Under Mississippi law, a person convicted of two separate felonies at least one of which is violent and who serves at least one year in prison for each of those felony convictions “shall” be sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility for probation or parole as a violent habitual offender.
May 4, 2021 | 1:34 PM
Bunnell, FL – When a Flagler County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO) deputy initiated a traffic stop on a speeding vehicle yesterday (May 3) they observed multiple baggies being thrown out of the passenger window before the car came to a stop. While getting information from the driver and passenger, later identified as 30-year-old Serone Bell, the deputy saw Bell point a rifle at the driver and force him out of the vehicle. Bell climbed into the driver’s seat and the chase was on. FCSO deputies and Bunnell police officers pursued him and observed the vehicle tailgating, driving erratically, and weaving in and out of traffic resulting in a crash with a parked car. Sheriff Rick Staly and Chief of Staff Mark Strobridge spotted Bell traveling South on US1 and attempted to deploy StopSticks at Belle Terre and US 1 but the deployment could not be safely done. They joined the pursuit, following Bell on southbound I-95, then LPGA Boulevard eastbound, and on to Williamson