Willie Nelson Dodges Felony Charge

[Roon]

Willie Nelson, who was arrested last week in Texas for having pot on his bus, has been charged with misdemeanor possession. Nelson was originally charged with carrying six ounces, a felony with a maximum sentence of two years in prison plus a $10,000 fine, but the amount was knocked down to four ounces, which carries a maximum penalty of one year and $4,000. (This is according to NORML'S website; TMZ claims that Nelson cannot be jailed on the misdemeanor charge.)

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/68404/239424

I got caught with a roach in texas once..i was jailed and fined 300.00

[hobbit709]

1. I got popped with a quarter pound.

As my lawyer said "Four ounces? In South Austin that's considered personal stash"

Cost me $100 and 25 hours "community service"

[Roon]

3. I was on vacation so I couldn't stick around to take it to trial

so I just paid.

[malaise]

2. Free Willie

This is ridiculous.

[kgnu_fan]

4. Leave our Willie alone!!! ...

[Graybeard]

23. Don't those jerks have anything better to do?

Like seceding from the Union or something?

[malaise]

24. You would think

:hi:

[B Calm]

5. Speaking as a non user, THEY NEED STOP NIXON'S WAR ON DRUGS NOW!!!

[lunatica]

6. I heard a commercial about Willie Nelson doing a tour next Spring so they must

think he won't be incarcerated.

[DonCoquixote]

7. How much ya wanna bet

that Willie does more Jail time than Tom Delay?

[midnight]

8. Another good reason for decriminalzing this herb.

[Fly by night]

9. Moral of this story: Don't get caught with pot UNLESS you're famous.

Otherwise, it can be an eight year long (so far) fuster-cluck.

Believe me, I know.

Fly by night
Federal Bureau of Prisons # 16502-075

[MelissaB]

15. Fly, I think of you often.

:hug:

[Lucinda]

18. :(

I'm sorry Fly. I don't smoke, but the policy is insane.

[NNN0LHI]

21. Being wealthy and well connected can have its advantages for sure

Sorry to hear of your plight.

Don

[lpbk2713]

10. Top flight police work there.

Finding pot on Willie Nelson's tour bus. :eyes:


:rofl:


Like finding feathers on a hen. :rofl:

[MH1]

11. but the real question is, why do taxpayers tolerate this waste of tax $$$?

Like Willie Nelson smoking a joint with his buddies is a threat to society.

:banghead:

[Jackpine Radical]

17. Because WILLIE is a threat to society.

Goddam longhaired commie backed Kucinich in '04, ya know.

[Ian David]

12. Free Willie!

[Ian David]

13. Willie Nelson can afford to pay someone to carry his pot in a separate vehicle.

In fact, he can probably afford a personal satellite to just drop pot on-demand from orbit.

[glitch]

22. It would be cowardly to hire others. What he should do is buy his own drone and fly it above him

wherever he goes, carrying the stash and unarmed of course. Better use for drones than their current role.

But really, we need to just quit feeding the WOD monster state.

[MelissaB]

14. Willie Nelson's Teapot Party

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/TeapotParty

Click and join. It's going to be interesting to see what he/this group does to change the law. There are now organizations in all 50 states.

:kick:

[zonkers]

16. I doubledare them to lock Willie up.

[tabasco]

19. How many felons were unable to get this kind of deal?

Some working man with long hair and pigtails would be branded a felon for life.

[Lucinda]

20. I'm sorry for all the folks who don't dodge the charges...but I'm happy for Willie

What an insane world we live in.