Parole denied for 68-year-old in Alabama: ‘A life sentence for growing marijuana’ - eviltoast
Leon Hotchkiss, now 68, remains behind bars in Alabama, spending decades imprisoned for growing pot. The parole board thinks he should stay there.
  • stoly@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    It’s actually a requirement I think.

    In WA during lockdown, they requested compassionate release of someone who was paralyzed on half his body and confined to a chair. The DOC decided that he was a threat to society and needed to be kept in the COVID greenhouse.