re: Louisiana chief justice blasts 'ridiculous' 18-year sentence for marijuana

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Looks like the majority found that the lower court had followed the law. This doesn't mean they personally agree with it. They might very well find it ridiculous, too.

It appears to me that Bernadette Johnson doesn't know that her role as a justice is not the same as a legislator who passes laws, or a district attorney who charges and prosecutes, or a governor who can pardon or commute a sentence.

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Who gives a frick? She's correct, and the more people who stand up and say that these drug laws are bullshite the better. Unless you think that what the US needs are more black people in the prison for non-crimes.