{"id":426416,"date":"2010-03-12T16:40:56","date_gmt":"2010-03-12T20:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.disinfo.com\/?p=24661"},"modified":"2010-03-12T16:40:56","modified_gmt":"2010-03-12T20:40:56","slug":"how-not-to-get-35-years-for-pot-possession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/426416","title":{"rendered":"How Not To Get 35 Years For Pot Possession"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TexasCraig Malisow writes on Houston Press<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Smith County (East Texas) judges and juries have long had a reputation of meting out severe, some might say ridiculous, punishment for drug convictions. And Henry Wooten\u2019s case is no exception: the 54-year-old Tyler man was sentenced to 35 years in prison for possessing slightly more than four ounces of pot. Wooten actually got off easy \u2014 the prosecutor asked the jury to give him 99 years. (We just hope TDCJ can free up room for this menace to society<\/a>; maybe the state can release a child molester or serial arsonist to find a cell for Wooten.)<\/p>\n

While the sentence may be asinine, we can\u2019t help but feel Wooten brought much of this upon himself \u2014 mostly by choosing to be both a pothead and live in Tyler, when clearly that calls for an either\/or scenario. But Wooten could have taken at least a few steps to minimize his chances of being busted so easily, and Hair Balls would like to lay out a few of these so that other lovers of the weed in Smith County can take heed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Read More: Houston Press<\/a><\/p>\n

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