Duron Carter gets absolute discharge on pot possession

Former Saskatchewan Roughriders receiver and defensive back Duron Carter has been given an absolute discharge after pleading guilty to a single marijuana possession charge on the day his trial was set to begin.
Carter, 27, was not present in Saskatoon provincial court on Monday morning when his Regina-based lawyer Louis Mercier asked that his previous not guilty plea be expunged and a guilty plea entered.
“He decided to accept responsibility so he could move his football career forward. He