D.C. Settles in Magbie’s Death, but U.S. Congress Members’ Hands Still Bloody
Now that her case is settled against the D.C. government over the 2004 death of her quadriplegic son while in prison for marijuana possession, I hope Mary Scott can find at least some comfort.
However, the D.C. prison system’s incompetence and neglect are not the only culprits in Jonathan Magbie’s tragic death. If it weren’t for Congress continually blocking the implementation of the medical marijuana initiative 69% of D.C. voters passed in 1998, Magbie would probably be alive today.
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can a copy of this be sent to all our representatives to let them know we feel they are responsible also?
[...] as Dan Bernath at MPP [marijuana policy project] points out, voters in Washington, D.C. overwhelmingly passed a law back in 1998 to protect patients like [...]
I did not hear about this till now and i just can’t believe my eyes.
my heart goes out to the family
I’m 62 years old and healthy (thank God); this poor man was only 27 years old and in extremely poor health — to that all I can say is this jail sentence surely contributed to his untimely death. Someone (the judge???) should be held responsible here. He went to jail for a crime he hadn’t even yet committed, ie., a furture crime, one the judge-judged when it was decided they didn’t like the man’s attitude towards smoking marijuana in general and would most likely continue doing so in the future. That’s how I see it. The law in this regard (in general and in total) are not serving the people when there are so many of us that see matters more for what they are. Change the laws regarding marijuana and do so because it just makes good sense doing it. Thanks.
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