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Link: http://www.orrazz.com/2017/05/judge-blasts-ridiculous-18-year.html
Louisiana Supreme Court chief justice blasted her colleagues for upholding the punishment. Chief Justice Bernette Johnson called it "outrageous" and "ridiculous" that the state's highest court affirmed the lengthy prison sentence for such a small amount of marijuana — enough for 18 marijuana cigarettes. Imprisoning defendant for this extreme length of time at a cost of about $23,000 per year (costing our state over $400,000 in total) provides little societal value and only serves to further burden our financially strapped state and its tax payers,.