tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298837746880587541.post8550149759239079174..comments2024-01-06T05:01:09.131-06:00Comments on The Defense Rests: Happy marijuana freedom day!Paul B. Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15827522954049831696noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298837746880587541.post-17299314487223170282010-04-21T10:08:59.576-05:002010-04-21T10:08:59.576-05:00Thank you for your comment, Mr. Hobbes. You bring ...Thank you for your comment, Mr. Hobbes. You bring up a very good question that needs to be addressed.<br /><br />We may never know the answer since a good chunk of those whose rights were violated will accept offers of time served at their first court appearances this week.Paul B. Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15827522954049831696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298837746880587541.post-77057158765761445232010-04-21T09:41:55.168-05:002010-04-21T09:41:55.168-05:00To be clear, HPD wasn't transferring low-level...To be clear, HPD wasn't transferring low-level traffic offenders to the County Jail to begin with. They had to stop arresting them to ensure that they had room at the city jail for higher-level offenders, <i>but the root cause of that was the HCSO restriction on the number of defendants they would accept from HPD at any given time</i>. The HCSO did not turn away anyone transferred by HPD, but they did require HPD to call beforehand to find out how many they could bring.<br /><br />It's also interesting that the defense bar isn't bothered by another curious byproduct of this cluster-cluck of a policy. How many charged defendants sitting at the city jail are receiving a probable cause hearing in absentia from the magistrate because they couldn't be transferred in time to be present for a PC hearing within 24/48 hours of arrest?Thomas Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10832779920216463979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298837746880587541.post-37311288235784432342010-04-20T15:56:11.498-05:002010-04-20T15:56:11.498-05:00Thank you for your comment. I don't know if I ...Thank you for your comment. I don't know if I would go so far as to legalize marijuana -- I just know that we are wasting a lot of resources doing what we're doing now.Paul B. Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15827522954049831696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298837746880587541.post-20906262903511373902010-04-20T11:18:26.369-05:002010-04-20T11:18:26.369-05:00I think the catch and release idea is a great one....I think the catch and release idea is a great one. Though I have to say I think the government should just legalize it and then tax it like they do cigarettes.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02821066367963401642noreply@blogger.com