Tag: Drug-related crime
Mississippi court upholds life sentence for pot possession
JACKSON, Miss. — The Mississippi Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld a life sentence for a man convicted of a marijuana possession charge because...
Law to police doping in horse races not in play ’til 2022
<p>For five years, a bill that would place the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency in charge of fighting illicit drug use in horse racing went nowhere...
Mississippi court upholds life sentence for pot possession
<p>JACKSON, Miss. — The Mississippi Court of Appeals on Tuesday <a href="https://courts.ms.gov/Images/Opinions/CO152452.pdf">upheld</a> a life sentence for a man convicted of a marijuana possession charge...
Texas officials back pardoning Floyd for 2004 drug arrest
<p>HOUSTON — Top leaders in the Texas county where <a href="https://apnews.com/hub/death-of-george-floyd">George Floyd </a> grew up supported a resolution Tuesday calling for him to be...
8 years for dad of Saints ‘super fan’ in charity, drug case
<p>NEW ORLEANS — A Louisiana man whose seriously ill son gained fame in New Orleans for his devotion to the Saints football team was...
Texas officials back pardoning Floyd for 2004 drug arrest
HOUSTON — Top leaders in the Texas county where George Floyd grew up supported a resolution Tuesday calling for him to be posthumously...
8 years for dad of Saints ‘super fan’ in charity, drug case
NEW ORLEANS — A Louisiana man whose seriously ill son gained fame in New Orleans for his devotion to the Saints football team was...
Rio’s deadly police shootout prompts claims of abuse
<p>RIO DE JANEIRO — A bloody, hourslong gunbattle in a Rio de Janeiro slum echoed into Friday, with authorities saying the police mission successfully...