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Ex-Michigan
Gov:
Drug
Lifer
Law
"Inhumane"
2/20/98
When he was the governor of Michigan, William Milliken signed that state's
"drug-lifer law" which mandated life without parole for anyone
caught in possession of over 650 grams of heroin or cocaine. Now, Milliken
says that he made a mistake, and that the law, criticized for catching
more low-level couriers than actual kingpins, "wastes precious public
dollars to lock people up for life, people who pose no threat to society."
There are currently two separate bills in the Michigan legislature which
would reform the law, and both Milliken and the current governor support
reform. According to the Grand rapids press, however, Sen. Van Regenmorter,
chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, says that neither bill is likely
to pass in this, an election year, as legislators are worried about being
labeled "soft on drugs."
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Issue #30, 2/20/98
Medical Marijuana Support Fund Established | Gingrich Calls Clinton's New Drug Strategy "The Definition of Failure," Pledges GOP Legislative Package | World Health Organization Suppresses Report Finding Marijuana Safer than Alcohol and Tobacco | Needle Exchange Volunteer Arrested in New Jersey: Letters are needed! | Protesting Penn State Professor Julian Heicklen, Four Others to be Charged -- High School Student Suspended for Three Days Without Hearing | Ex-Michigan Gov: Drug Lifer Law Inhumane | Medical Marijuana Activists to Open Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Across Eastern Canada | Interview with Canadian Medical Marijuana Activist Peter Young | Classmates of UK Home Secretary Straw's Son Hand Him Petition for Legalization of Cannabis | Job Opportunity: Drug Policy Foundation seeks Public Policy Director | Editorial: Bill, Newt, and the coming battle over the war
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