According to news reports, Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin for the second year running promised to pardon those convicted of minor marijuana offenses in the city.
Per this report: Alabama’s largest city will issue blanket pardons for more than 15,000 people with misdemeanor marijuana convictions dating back to 1990, Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin
When I first started practicing 21 years ago, the most common criminal offense was Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance: Crack Cocaine. Around 2005, the
The Voice finalist Laith Al-Saadi was arrested last year for a host of drug possession crimes arising from a routine traffic stop. The case could
A drug court is a pretrial, diversion program. Judges have the opportunity to divert low-level drug offenders away from incarceration and into treatment through drug
Frequently, a court will impose in-patient drug treatment on a person either as a condition of bond reduction or as as condition of admission or
Following the legal challenge on eights amendment grounds, a new article discusses drug free zones: In Alabama, if a person is caught distributing drugs within
Per news reports, DRUNK DRIVING HAS been a social taboo for decades, but New Jersey in the US has now added drunk droning to the
Two high-profile misdemeanor marijuana cases have put the new, progressive District Attorney in Tuscaloosa County in the spotlight. Last, week WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder
How can 70 people be charged with possession of a single ounce of marijuana? Well, it happened over in Georgia. At least 63 people were
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