How California legalization assists those currently in the criminal justice system
Before Election Day, San Bruno software application engineer Stephen Zyszkiewicz was busted on a charge of having cannabis with intent to sell– a felony that might have put him behind bars in state prison for three years.
But this month’s passage of Proposition 64 implies the 32-year-old is qualified for a much lowered charge– a misdemeanor that brings a maximum penality of 6 months in county jail and a $500 fine.
“I am enthusiastic. It’s the will of the voters,” stated Zyszkiewicz, who ran The Opposite of the Fence Collective, an unlicensed marijuana operation.
Proposal 64 does more than legislate the adult usage of pot. It gives a reprieve to those currently in the criminal justice system– lowering tough penalties and sentences, providing higher leniency to juveniles and wiping the slate tidy for some old marijuana offenses, ending a life time of preconception.
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