A man who was sentenced to life in prison for selling $30 of marijuana will be freed

A military veteran serving a life sentence for selling less than $30 worth of marijuana will soon be released from prison, his attorney said.

Derek Harris, who was arrested in 2008 in Louisiana for selling an officer .69 grams of marijuana, was recently resentenced to time served. He's already served nine years in prison. Initially, Harris was convicted and sentenced to 15 years in prison, according to the Louisiana Supreme Court. He was resentenced in 2012 to life in prison under the Habitual Offender Law, which allows judges to impose stricter sentences on someone who's been charged before.

Sentences for Marijuana are to harsh.Put in Prison to many yrs. Made a Felon for Life. Thus, u can't have a Life when released. Your branded, not given a break by most people. We all make mistakes. U shouldn't be punished for the rest of your Life! Drop the Felony when released!

Wasn't that one of the laws that Joe Biden was all for?

Don’t sell drugs!

Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time

QuairRamik2 .

Habitual offender or the Binden Crime bill in action. Tell the whole story.

In America there is an obsession with punishment, that is sickening. You don't try to help people to return to society. You get 20 years for selling pot. That is madness.

Wow! Nine years for practically selling a joint. There doesn't appear to be any problem with corporations cultivating & making billions from the same product though Some of these stories seem like life in another planet The law is really not about fairness

this is the USA ladies and gentlemen

Where is their justice system.

God, we have a lot of work to do. We all know there is a shocking number just like him. I know Joe Biden will make sure this gets done. For Derek Harris, a country apologies to you for a system that didn't do its job. It's still failing.

Barbaric!!!

Discrimination whatells ? Vincit Omnia Veritas

He law is an ass..

If he committed treason he would have been okay.

Defund the metric system.

Are you guys kidding for .69 grams life impressment you have to be jocking

This man doesn't deserve to die in prison from COVID. A life sentence for this is brutal enough. Unfortunately, even pre-trial inmates are being given death sentences right now. We need prison and jail reform

.69 for 30$ He should go to jail just for ripping the guy off😂

Free him NOW

Clearly this is one realDonaldTrump must grant a full pardon.

Unbelievable he had to serve this much time for such a minor offense.

Those 5 white judges of Louisiana suprem court are racist.

Which President was in office at this time? 🤔

That cop got absolutely robbed either way lmao

This is a disingenuous tweet. He received that time because that was his 386th crime and he was a habitual offender. However, I'm not against early release if he is considered rehabilitated.

This is wrong

Good thing he didn't steal hedge clippers.

I hate people who short a bag but this is absurd

This is why BLM!

That's crazy! There's bigger crimes that people who deserve life sentences never get. Ugh! This makes me so angry! As does the life sentence given to Fair Wayne Bryant for stealing hedge clippers.

I just legally bought 3.5 grams for something like 22 dollars. I have been getting really good sleep all week and I haven’t had to take any pain killers. Stop this madness!!!!

OK. You are going to right a terrible wrong. Great. Now find him a place to live and a job. And give him some pocket money to help him survive in a Trump virus world. A million bucks sounds good. But not nearly good enough for a lost life. After all, he served his country.

I'm so glad this man will be free. Honestly sending anyone to prison for weed is pretty fucking stupid. Some pedophiles get less time...

Oil devoteesI hate marijuana so much because it represents a kind of freedom on the horizon for the workers who would rather be their own farming bosses and not remain beholden to the oil companies for work… China for similar reasons America is so stupid they keep it illegal

Hope he’s a millionaire overnight.

Hope he’s learned his lesson..

To be clear this was during Obama’s presidency.

Thank you President Trump

He was only incarcerated cause he ripped off that cop- $30/lil over a half g lmaoooo

The Trump prison reform has saved so many lives from the Clinton crime bill that targeted African Americans. Trump is really a democrat but they are Marxist and the liberals that love America went republican. You could have easily won with trump on your side.

OMG! if it's .69 grams then that's under 1 gram. To put it in perspective, in case you don't smoke joints or weed, most regular sized cigarettes are equivalent to 1 gram. Not a pack of cigarettes, just 1 cigarette. WTH!?!

Thanks to president Trump for prison and sentencing reform. Ironically it was joe who wrote the bill

That is Joe Biden’s 3-strikes law. Sounds like CNN doesn’t appreciate Joe very much.

.69 grams for 30$ Something aint right lol

Hmmm....could this is what Black people are saying when they are talking about systemic racism?!

Y’all help me get my small business out there simple rt or like all I’m asking for thanks 🙏

We need to Legalize Marijuana on a Federal Level. This is absolutely ridiculous.

While others want justice for Murder of innocent people, others get life sentences for petty crimes. Still others don’t see what’s is glaring obvious in eyes of the entire world. BlackLivesMatter

Good weed is legal now. 🌿🍃🌿🍃💗✌🏻🙏

That’s way too much for.69 grams of marijuana, $30-that’s too fucking high!

Mr. Harris. Move to Oregon. We don't believe in that bs. Marijuana is very legal here.

Lord save us from these tough on crime politicians who peddled this 'three strikes' crap.

Louisiana needs to do away with the habitual offender laws and stop enslaving people. how is the public allowing this?

Whew! It was a good thing he didn't sell the officer .70 grams.

Damn so sad!

9 years? That’s nuts. Even a minute would be nuts. The government owes this man. Nothing can make up for nine years but they should try.

That’s insane

whatta fucked up world

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