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Germany on path to legalization after vote by key house of its parliment
As reported in this new CNN piece, “Germany’s lower house of parliament voted to legalize cannabis for limited recreational use on Friday despite warnings from the opposition and medical authorities.” Here is more: The new rules mean adults can possess small amounts for personal use but the drug remains banned…
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"Vigilantism and 'Public Confidence': The Pertinence of Public Opinion to Sentencing"
The title of this post is the title of this new essay authored by Michael Tonry now available via SSRN. Here is its abstract: Public confidence in courts, judges, and sentencing, and belief in the legitimacy of legal institutions, as exists in Scandinavia, Germany, and the Netherlands, are self-evidently good things. Politicians in England and...
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Germany poised to move forward with full marijuana legalization
As reported in this Washington Post piece, “Germany moves to legalize recreational cannabis,” it appears that the biggest country in the EU is about to go all in on MJ. Here re the details: Germany on Wednesday announced plans to legalize cannabis for recreational use. It was a move the…
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"The Limits of Fairer Fines: Lessons from Germany"
The title of this post is the title of this new report from the The Criminal Justice Policy Program at Harvard Law School. Here is a small part of the start and end of the long “Executive Summary” from the 156-page report: Over the last few decades, advocates in the United States have exposed the...