- Possessing a crack pipe
- Possessing a bottle cap containing a trace amount of heroin (too minute to be weighed)
- Having traces of cocaine in clothes pockets that were invisible to the naked eye but detected in lab tests
- Having a single crack rock at home
- Possessing 32 grams of marijuana (worth about $380 in California) with intent to distribute
- Passing out several grams of LSD at a Grateful Dead show
- Acting as a go-between in the sale of $10 worth of marijuana to an undercover cop
- Selling a single crack rock
23 Petty Crimes That Have Landed People in Prison for Life Without Parole
As of last year, according to a report
released today by the American Civil Liberties Union, more than 3,200
people were serving life in prison without parole for non-violent
crimes. A close examination of these cases by the ACLU reveals just how
petty some of these offenses are. People got life for, among other
things...
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