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To: i-node who wrote (774095)3/10/2014 4:01:14 PM
From: one_less  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1570598
 
I was convicted for possession of a baggie forty years ago. It actually wasn't mine, it belonged to a guy playing guitar about 20 feet away (I lived on a cooperative in Oregon at the time). It would have been a whole different (violent) scene if the narcotic officers would have approached him. People were already getting pissed by the way they swooped in, claiming to be delivering a postal package (containing Hashish). I wouldn't accept delivery, then they started getting snoopy and found the pot. I just treated it like getting a bad chance card when playing monopoly and it never got more intense than that. I didn't have to go to jail over it.

When applying for jobs or for my teachers licence years later I would see that little box "have you ever been convicted of ..." Rather than lie and enter "no," I would just leave it blank. There was never a response, so I figured that was good enough. I do feel sorry for guys who've had their careers ruined over stuff like that. I think most get a good lawyer and get their records quashed or expunged or something after a few years. But that question on applications is still a stickler.



To: i-node who wrote (774095)3/10/2014 5:50:59 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1570598
 
Inode,
I was in possession of more than 1 oz of marijuana which was a felony in this state at that time.
So what's the legal standard today?

I don't know how much one ounce is, by the way. I've seen at least one person holding Ziploc sandwich bags full of pot, and that must weigh more than an ounce. Does that signify an intent to distribute? Of course, they want to distribute it to their friends and have enough for a long night, right?
Yes, but a felony DUI or sexual assault is a violent crime, not merely a crime of possession.
Some say that statutory rape is not a violent crime, especially when the girl is the seductress and the deceiver.

And from a certain point-of-view, a DUI is only "violent" if the offender hit another car and caused injury or death.

We can work on the laws and get treatment for those addicted to narcotics, rather than felony convictions, but to legalize this shit is to invite a ton of problems that the state should not have to deal with. And since we live in a world that is far from libertarian, we as a society are indeed going to pay for all of this stupidity.

Tenchusatsu



To: i-node who wrote (774095)3/10/2014 8:01:41 PM
From: TopCat  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1570598
 
"I was in possession of more than 1 oz of marijuana which was a felony in this state at that time."

Not that it matters......since ignorance is no excuse.....but did you know that possession of more than 1 oz was a felony?


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