It’s Federal Policy To Prosecute Gun Buyers in States With Legal Pot
"The U.S. attorney in Maine has now indicted two men on federal firearms charges for allegedly lying about their marijuana use on the gun purchase form."
"The U.S. attorney in Maine has now indicted two men on federal firearms charges for allegedly lying about their marijuana use on the gun purchase form."
"All of that [exculpatory] evidence was withheld by the same prosecutor who is now being hired to handle death penalty cases all over Louisiana."
"They didn’t find a crime, but they did find a picture of Charles with marijuana from over a year prior. Based on that picture, his visa was revoked."
"He never thought the 911 call could have been fake, he said."
"We all went to law school because we don't know science, we don't know math. And if somebody comes in in a white lab coat...that's good enough for government work."
"Not only do they attach strings to project funding such as this camera requirement in Richmond, they also finance many state and local surveillance programs outright."
"Last fall Amazon added capabilities that allow it to identify people in videos and follow their movements almost instantly."
"A private conversation was recorded by Amazon's Alexa -- the voice-controlled smart speaker -- and the recorded audio was sent to the phone of a random person in Seattle, who was in the family’s contact list."
"The problem for attorneys and clients is not just that prosecutors may try to admit elements of calls into evidence. It is also all the things prosecutors might learn and use to their benefit."
"A staggering 95% of the facial recognition system’s 'matches' were actually wrongly identifying innocent people."