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Rhiannon12866

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Mon Dec 12, 2022, 11:07 PM Dec 2022

Busted: U.S. 'Putin-Style Drug War' Under Fire After Brittney Griner Release - The Beat - MSNBC



Brittney Griner is back home in the United States after being freed of Russian custody for allegedly having vape cartridges with cannabis oil. The global story putting new scrutiny on U.S. drug laws — where thousands are jailed for drug possession. MSNBC Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber reports on why the Griner story is renewing calls for criminal Justice reform as many Americans are in prison for decades for pot possession. - Aired on 12/12/2022.


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Busted: U.S. 'Putin-Style Drug War' Under Fire After Brittney Griner Release - The Beat - MSNBC (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Dec 2022 OP
I was looking for an outtake of the West Wing Episode "mandatory minimums" lapfog_1 Dec 2022 #1
Yikes! Thanks for sharing, very disturbing and absolutely needs reform! Rhiannon12866 Dec 2022 #2

lapfog_1

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1. I was looking for an outtake of the West Wing Episode "mandatory minimums"
Tue Dec 13, 2022, 12:54 AM
Dec 2022

The Episode where Leo gets a bunch of staffers for Senators and Congresspeople together and goes through the list of how their principles children or relatives got off completely from drug charges.

I couldn't find that but I found this instead.

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