Washington State Supreme Court Limits Vehicle Searches
WEBApr 9, 2012 · In an 8-1 decision last Thursday, the Washington state Supreme Court ruled that police must obtain a search warrant to search a vehicle even if they believe it contains evidence of the crime for which the person was arrested. The decision in State v. Snapp overturns the convictions of two men in unrelated but consolidated cases where police ...
Southeast Asia: Most Killed in Thailand's 2003 Drug War Not …
WEBNov 30, 2007 · An estimated 2,500 people were killed during a three-month crackdown on drugs by Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in 2003. Now, one of a half-dozen panels belatedly investigating the killings has reported that as many as 1,400 of those victims were killed and labeled drug suspects despite having no link to drugs.
Drug War Chronicle - StoptheDrugWar.org
WEBThe California Senate has passed a pair of bills aimed at opening up markets for small marijuana growers and "cannabis cafes," the drug czar asks Congress to reauthorize his office, and more. Colombian President Gustavo Petro is pushing again for marijuana legalization. This will be the ninth try in the Congress. (Creative Commons)
ATF's Operation Gideon Raises Questions of Fairness, Justice, and …
WEBMay 30, 2014 · The argument at the 9 th Circuit in the Phoenix case centered on entrapment and whether ATF agents illegally enticed the defendants into the crime through "outrageous government conduct" beyond that allowed by entrapment doctrine.. Relying on the US Supreme Court's 1973 ruling in US v.Russell, where the court upheld such schemes if the defendant showed a predisposition to commit the offense, 9 ...
The Corruption Files: Camden's Dirty Cops [FEATURE]
WEBApr 7, 2014 · Taking Down the Platoon Squad. While Barnes -- and nearly 200 other innocent victims -- went off to prison thanks to the efforts of Bayard, Figueroa and their team, known as the Platoon Squad, other people victimized by the crooked cops were filing complaints.After repeated, persistent complaints of police dirty dealing, including ones from the Camden Public Defender's Office, Camden Police ...
WATCH: Mexico Cartel's Killer Clowns | StoptheDrugWar.org
WEBOct 16, 2019 · In recent years, the CJNGC has emerged as a major player among Mexico's drug cartels and is now the leading challenger to the remnants of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's Sinaloa Cartel. Under the leadership of Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera Cervantes, the CJNG is responsible for sending tons of cocaine, meth, and fentanyl-laced heroin to the US and ...
Feature: Future Doctors Support Medical Marijuana
WEBJun 27, 2008 · With some 50,000 members, the MSS is the largest and most influential organization of medical students in the US. The other major medical student group in the county, the American Medical Student Association (AMSA), which split from the AMA in the heady days of the 1960s to pursue a more socially activist agenda, endorsed rescheduling marijuana in 1993 and added its own resolution endorsing ...
Feature: DEA Raids More California Medical Marijuana …
WEBFeb 6, 2009 · President Obama made repeated campaign pledges to halt the raids on dispensaries operating within California's medical marijuana laws, and by Wednesday night, White House spokesman Nick Shapiro was telling the Washington Times that the raids would end once new DOJ officials are appointed. "The president believes that federal resources should not be used to circumvent state laws, and as he ...
In Memoriam: Dave Purchase, Needle Exchange Pioneer
WEBFeb 21, 2013 · Needle exchange pioneer Dave Purchase died last month in Tacoma, Washington, where he had long resided and where he began handing out sterile syringes to prevent the spread of AIDS among intravenous drug users back in the summer of 1998. Purchase died on January 21 of complications from pneumonia. He was 73. Purchase is widely cited as having ...
Drug War Chronicle #1138 - July 23, 2021 | StoptheDrugWar.org
WEBA Texas Border Patrol agent waves the cocaine-laden car through, a Florida depiuty is headed to prison for planting dope on innocent drivers and arresting them, and more. Welcome to the land of expungement. Nearly 88,000 old pot cases dismissed so far, with more to come. (Creative Commons)
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