Decriminalized marijuana possession ticket

weilke said:
He admitted to lying on his medical, pled guilty and paid a $1,000 fine. His argument at the supreme court level was 'yes I lied but you shouldn't have caught me' which always struck me as rather odd.
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One of the oddities of our legal system is that there doesn't seem to be any way to protect the Constitutional rights of innocent people that doesn't involve letting guilty people off. :dunno:
 
Palmpilot said:
One of the oddities of our legal system is that there doesn't seem to be any way to protect the Constitutional rights of innocent people that doesn't involve letting guilty people off. :dunno:
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Which is how it's supposed to be and how the founding fathers intended it. We are supposed to be ok with the fact that some guilty people will skate by with the reward being us actually having rights and freedom. We are not the land of busting every person for every minsicule offense, we are the land of the free. A mindset I'm afraid we've lost.
 
Palmpilot said:
One of the oddities of our legal system is that there doesn't seem to be any way to protect the Constitutional rights of innocent people that doesn't involve letting guilty people off. :dunno:
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jesse said:
Which is how it's supposed to be and how the founding fathers intended it. We are supposed to be ok with the fact that some guilty people will skate by with the reward being us actually having rights and freedom. We are not the land of busting every person for every minsicule offense, we are the land of the free. A mindset I'm afraid we've lost.
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I think you've completely missed his point."Letting guilty people off" was not it. Laws are intentional restrictions on behavior. "The land of the free" doesn't equate to the "the land of the free to disregard the laws".

dtuuri
 
Jeff Oslick said:
I've met Stan Cooper on a few occasions and have talked with him about the case. To claim that he was "in it for the money" isn't remotely related to the truth.
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He filed for monetary damages, didn't he ?
 
dtuuri said:
I think you've completely missed his point."Letting guilty people off" was not it. Laws are intentional restrictions on behavior. "The land of the free" doesn't equate to the "the land of the free to disregard the laws".
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Letting guilty people off is not the goal, just an unfortunate byproduct. In most cases, it doesn't seem to be feasible to fine or jail law enforcement officers or prosecutors who violate Constitutional rights. It seems that the main tool that we have to enforce those rights is excluding unconstitutionally gathered evidence from being considered at trial. Hence, evidence of guilt apparently has to exist in order for Constitutional rights to be enforced.
 
dtuuri said:
I think you've completely missed his point."Letting guilty people off" was not it. Laws are intentional restrictions on behavior. "The land of the free" doesn't equate to the "the land of the free to disregard the laws".

dtuuri
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It's not the goal to let guilty people free but it's better than the alternative.

"It is better 100 guilty Persons should escape than that one innocent Person should suffer"
-Benjamin Franklin
 
Apologies for reopening a 10 year old thread, but has the opinion on this matter changed since 2014? I'm in the same situation as OP. I'm unsure how to proceed. I received a possession of marijuana ticket (not a misdemeanor or felony) a few years back. I haven't touched the stuff since.

Any advice would be appreciated.
 
R.O.B. said:
Apologies for reopening a 10 year old thread, but has the opinion on this matter changed since 2014? I'm in the same situation as OP. I'm unsure how to proceed. I received a possession of marijuana ticket (not a misdemeanor or felony) a few years back. I haven't touched the stuff since.

Any advice would be appreciated.
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Your question may be answered here: https://medxpress.faa.gov/MedXPress/Help/Instructions.htm
 
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