Under current federal law, a grower in Oregon could face “not less than twenty years” for selling marijuana to dispensaries in its neighboring states, Washington and California, even though marijuana is completely legalized in all three states. As of 2015, 44.5% of Americans over the age of twenty-six have admitted to having tried marijuana or hashish in their lifetime. That statistic increases to 53% concerning Americans aged eighteen to twenty-five. Marijuana has been decri

In 2001, there were approximately 2,100,146 persons incarcerat​​ed throughout the United States, with 1,324,464 individuals in federal or state prisons and 631,240 individuals in county and local jails. Congress also determined that at least 13% of those incarcerated have been sexually assaulted in prison. Inmates with mental illnesses and juveniles sentenced to incarceration within adult prisons are at a greater risk. Along with a zero-tolerance national policy for prison ra

In February 2017 Maryland’s highest court unanimously approved Rule 4-216.1. This rule provides guidance to judges regarding pre-trial release of arrested individuals. The aim of this rule is to end the practice of holding individuals awaiting trial in jail simply because they cannot afford bail. Yet, likely due to the bail bondsmen’s large lobbying presence, Maryland’s Senate passed a bill on March 22, 2017 to stifle the key parts of the Court of Appeals’ rule change. The Co