tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248881149749925934.post914673629312133446..comments2024-01-02T10:09:58.744-08:00Comments on Preaching to the choir: How much is an ounce of pot really worth?Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12429147325673256508noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248881149749925934.post-46844471307052189702010-08-18T15:40:54.569-07:002010-08-18T15:40:54.569-07:00It's even more egregious in the case of pot, s...It's even more egregious in the case of pot, something which in a rational world would be decriminalized.<br /><br />Isn't punishment proportional to the crime a factor in Eighth Amendment caselaw? I've no time to do the research right now. But losing a $100,00 luxury sedan for having a couple of joints seems so obviously disproportionate that it constitutes a substantive abuse of governmental power. Maybe a due process violation, or something like that.<br /><br />But Larry's story is frightful. Those sorts of arguments had to have been raised on the appeal, and it was still affirmed. Scary.Burt Likkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16060980744675990412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248881149749925934.post-35450262374685479242010-08-18T10:13:32.780-07:002010-08-18T10:13:32.780-07:00Oy. Forfeiture is such a racket.Oy. Forfeiture is such a racket.Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12429147325673256508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248881149749925934.post-51282602838469924192010-08-18T09:12:05.806-07:002010-08-18T09:12:05.806-07:00I read a federal case recently in which a guy was ...I read a federal case recently in which a guy was convicted of having child porn on his home computer. Forfeiture of his 119 acre farm was affirmed on appeal.larry allrednoreply@blogger.com