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I mean WTF! Does our jackboot law enforcement system really have nothing better to do than ruin people's lives for no reason?!
(USA Today)- A 19-year-old facing life in prison on charges he made brownies with marijuana and hash oil in his apartment learned Wednesday his case would be presented to a grand jury for indictment in two weeks.
During a pretrial hearing, Jacob Lavoro, who is facing 10 years to life on the drug charges, also was told the long-awaited lab results that reveal how much hash oil, or THC, were in the brownies Lavoro is accused of making with the intent to sell have come in.
The lab results could mean the difference between a possible life sentence and a reduced punishment range of two to 20 years or probation.
SOURCE: Teen facing life in prison for pot brownies awaits fatehttp://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/08/07/teen-pot-brownies-prison/13711905/
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