Jefferson County may end misdemeanor marijuana arrests, DA says

Rickey Stokes

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Date: Apr 17 2019 9:58 PM

NOTE:     This is the SAME District Attorney who sent the letter to stop the electronic bingo of which Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall was critical of the Jefferson County Sheriff for having the nerve to think that violent crime was more important than bingo.

So Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall took the Attorney General Investigators and ALEA - State Bureau of Investigators to Jefferson County to apprehend these electronic bingo machines. 

At the same time blood was flowing through the Alabama Prisons and the streets of Alabama, blood was flowing near the Alabama Governor's Mansion in Montgomery...but Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall and the specialized law enforcement were on electronic bingo. They did not care about human lives being murdered.

Now the District Attorney wants to let the people smoke marijuana. 

DAMN. That's all I can say.

Jefferson County may end misdemeanor marijuana arrests, DA says

Jefferson County Bessemer Cutoff District Attorney Lynneice Washington said she and other county officials are collaborating on a policy that would put an end to arrests for some non-violent misdemeanors, including simple marijuana possession.

“Since 2017, I have been advocating for a policy of cite and release for certain non-violent misdemeanors,’’ Washington said in a press release issued Wednesday afternoon. “It is no secret that Jefferson County, like others around the country, is plagued with overcrowded jails.”

“Now that the Jefferson County, Bessemer jail is closed for renovations, the need to address overcrowding is even more urgent,’’ she said.

Washington said she, Jefferson County District Attorney Danny Carr and Sheriff Mark Pettway have collaborated to implement the procedure, which is known as the “Big Ticket.”

Specifically, she said, it is a Uniform Non-Traffic Citation and Complaint form. In practice, the procedure allows an individual to sign his or her own recognizance bond in lieu of arrest, assuring their presence in future court matters related to the citation charge.

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