re: Louisiana is the worst state for simple possession sentencing.

Who cares if he is a multiple offender? Possession of weed should never be a crime no matter what prior charges you have.

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People are ruining their own lives.

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It's just fricked up that in some states you get a wrist slap and in others you go to jail.

ETA: You can get twenty years for third marijuana possession conviction.

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but it's the law

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an unjust law

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New Orleans public interest attorney Bill Quigley speaks of the case of Corey Ladd, 27, a local man who on September 24 was sentenced by a city criminal court to a full 20 years of "hard labor" at a state facility for holding 15 grams -- that is, just slightly over half an ounce.

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And now.....the REST of the story...

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The defendant was arrested on August 25, 2011, pursuant to a traffic stop wherein it was discovered that he (a passenger) was in possession of a plastic baggie containing marijuana tucked into his waistband. On October 7, 2011, he was charged by bill of information with possession of marijuana, third or subsequent conviction, in violation of La.Rev.Stat. 40:966(E)(3). In addition, the State filed a multiple bill of information against him, charging him under La.Rev.Stat. 15:529.1 as a “Multiple Offender–Marijuana.” On May 29, 2013, a six-person jury found the defendant guilty of possession of marijuana third offense.

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...stands convicted of possessing roughly a half ounce of marijuana who previously pleaded guilty (at age eighteen) to possession of LSD and (at age twenty-one) to possession of hydrocodone.

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What would you have us do? Make the good ole boys in the La legislature seem like they are soft on crime?

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broke state with whack laws & corrupt officials

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in some states you can frick a 14 year old

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Great comparison.

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No shite. The point of this thread is that the law should be changed.

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what have you done to advocate that our lawmakers should change the law?

Are you one of those guys that just sits around smoking dope waiting for everyone else to changes things that you don't like?

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New Orleans public interest attorney Bill Quigley speaks of the case of Corey Ladd, 27, a local man who on September 24 was sentenced by a city criminal court to a full 20 years of "hard labor" at a state facility for holding 15 grams -- that is, just slightly over half an ounce.


And now.....the REST of the story...

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The defendant was arrested on August 25, 2011, pursuant to a traffic stop wherein it was discovered that he (a passenger) was in possession of a plastic baggie containing marijuana tucked into his waistband. On October 7, 2011, he was charged by bill of information with possession of marijuana, third or subsequent conviction, in violation of La.Rev.Stat. 40:966(E)(3). In addition, the State filed a multiple bill of information against him, charging him under La.Rev.Stat. 15:529.1 as a “Multiple Offender–Marijuana.” On May 29, 2013, a six-person jury found the defendant guilty of possession of marijuana third offense.


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...stands convicted of possessing roughly a half ounce of marijuana who previously pleaded guilty (at age eighteen) to possession of LSD and (at age twenty-one) to possession of hydrocodone.

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sounds like justice was served

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You cannot break a law that you know exists, get caught, and then blame the law for existing

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The government does it all the time, except they don't get punished for it.