Judge blasts ‘ridiculous’ 18-year sentence for marijuana

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Is an 18-year prison sentence too harsh for having 18 grams of marijuana? The Louisiana Supreme Court’s chief justice thinks so, and says it’s outrageous that her colleagues upheld the punishment. In her dissenting opinion Wednesday, Chief Justice Bernette Johnson said it’s ridiculous that a lengthy prison sentence for such […]