Marijuana & Hemp
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Conroe Officer convicted for shooting shoplifter in back of the head
Conroe police sergeant Jason Blackwelder was convicted of manslaughter for fatally shooting a 19 year old suspected shoplifter, Russell Rios, who’d fled from a Walmart into the woods. The officer claimed there had been a struggle which led to the shooting. Prosecutors say, however, that the teen was shot in the back of the head
NY Times: Legal Pot in Colorado “causes problems”
I put “causes problems” in quotes because, as an attorney, causality is an important thing for me. The recent story that ran in the New York Times about a man that supposedly consumed too much marijuana laced edibles, began hallucinating and ended up killing his wife with a gun. Tracing the end result – a
Humble man too drunk to hold head up for mugshot – this is news!?
Sean Carl Payne of Humble was arrested outside a bar in Humble early Thursday had so much to drink, police had to hold his head up to snap his mug shot. Mr. Payne was charged with public intoxication. I found this story on CNN, a national news story about someone that was shit faced. Why is
General in the Aryan Brotherhood admits to racketeering
A probe that led to warrants and prosecutions of 74 members and associates of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas also snagged one of its generals, a man know as “Big Terry” Blake. Blake plead guilty Friday to a massive racketeering conspiracy. Blake, 57, told U.S. District Judge Sim Lake that he’d been close to the