lilithinwaiting
02-12-2008, 06:36 PM
http://blogs.salon.com/0002762/
The Philippines has effectively imposed a moratorium on the death penalty, but that doesn't mean drug offenders don't still face incredibly harsh punishments there. That was certainly the case this week, when a judge sentenced a 54-year-old man to life in prison for selling 10 sticks of marijuana weighing just 1.79 grams (http://globalnation.inquirer.net/cebudailynews/metro/view/20080205-116906/Court-sends-man-to-jail-for-selling-marijuana), or less than one-eighth of an ounce
The Philippines has effectively imposed a moratorium on the death penalty, but that doesn't mean drug offenders don't still face incredibly harsh punishments there. That was certainly the case this week, when a judge sentenced a 54-year-old man to life in prison for selling 10 sticks of marijuana weighing just 1.79 grams (http://globalnation.inquirer.net/cebudailynews/metro/view/20080205-116906/Court-sends-man-to-jail-for-selling-marijuana), or less than one-eighth of an ounce