In 2010, Hawaii resident Geoffrey Woodhall was apprehended at Kona Airport. He held a plastic baggie filled with marijuana and was charged with promoting a detrimental drug in the third degree. He was sentenced in a simple decision based on the fact that possession of marijuana, in any amount, is an offense. But the ordeal, which exemplified the inconsistent laws governing … [Read more...] about The Hawaii Supreme Court Vindicated Geoffrey Woodhall And Now The State Leglislature Needs To Get Its Act Together On Medical Marijuana
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9th Circuit Court Records Now Online
In September of 2012, a group of Hawaiian prisoners filed suit against Governor Neil Abercrombie, Ted Sakai the Director of the Hawaii Department of Public Safety and Corrections Corporations of America, the owner of the Arizona prison in which they are incarcerated. The ongoing case hinges on the question of whether the native Hawaiian inmates are freely able to practice their … [Read more...] about 9th Circuit Court Records Now Online
US Senate Finally Confirms Derrick Kahala Watson To Be Hawaii District Judge
After five months of being stuck in nomination filibuster limbo, Derrick Kahala Watson is finally going to be a judge in the District Court for the District of Hawaii. On April 18, the U.S. Senate finally confirmed him, 94 to zero. President Barack Obama first nominated Watson for the seat on Nov. 13, 2012. When nothing happened before the end of the congressional session, … [Read more...] about US Senate Finally Confirms Derrick Kahala Watson To Be Hawaii District Judge
Lingering Guilt and Beer Law and People With Issues
LINGERING GUILT An Arizona appeals court ruled in February that someone can be guilty of driving under the influence of marijuana even though its psychoactive ingredient has long left his system. Since tests of marijuana measure both active and inactive ingredients, and since the active substance vanishes quickly but the inactive one remains in the body for weeks, a marijuana … [Read more...] about Lingering Guilt and Beer Law and People With Issues
Colon With a View and Least Competent Criminals and Why God Wants You To Burn Oil
COLON WITH A VIEW The usual 20,000 or so visitors every year to Belgium’s Verbeke Foundation art park have the option (365 of them, anyway) to spend the night inside the feature attraction: a 20-foot-long, 6-foot-high polyester replica of a human colon created by Dutch designer Joep Van Lieshout. At one end, of course, another body part is replicated (and gives the installation … [Read more...] about Colon With a View and Least Competent Criminals and Why God Wants You To Burn Oil