Man’s life sentence for selling minimal amount of Marijuana set aside as reported by WISH TV (originally reported by CNN)

Lone dissent from life sentence for botched attempt to sell hedge clippers SMH

as reported by CNN

KUDOS to C.J. Bernette Johnson

Justice Johnson: THANK YOU for remembering your common sense and rendering a fair opinion. So sorry it was not the MAJORITY. However, we should ALL remember today’s dissent can and should become tomorrow’s opinion and hope for a better future where these draconian and inhumane sentences and disparate impacts are history.

The importance of dissent as explained in the Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy