Man With Pot Given Choice: Jail or Military

[Taverner]

SALINAS, Calif. (AP) -- A Salinas man will have to choose between going to jail or joining the military as his punishment for possession of marijuana.

A judge surprised both the prosecution and defense yesterday when he told Brian Barr that he could avoid a jail term by enlisting in the military.

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[SemiCharmedQuark]

1. Pfft...jail.

There is no way in HELL he should pick military.

[Ima]

3. Nothing new

They have been doing this for years,

[HEyHEY]

10. They do it here in Canada too

I knew someone who was given the option for being busted with a shitload of heroin.

[matcom]

2. ain't the return to the 60's GRAND?

somehow this isn't what i imagined

[HeeBGBz]

4. Jail!! No brainer. n/t

[SemiCharmedQuark]

5. Jail or possible death sentence?

Hmm...

[juliagoolia]

7. Hell no!

Can you believe we are going backward! We thought we had worked hard and that humanity "got it"

Guess they didn't. The fall of the wall in Berlin was only a symbol of a potential, not a promise.

[calico1]

8. Yep. They did that a lot back then.

And unfortunately a lot of young men picked the military and didn't make it.

[GOPisEvil]

6. I think jail is safer these days.

And that is saying a lot, considering our prisons.

[Jersey Devil]

9. They used to do that all the time in the 60s but today?

My understanding is that the military probably will not want the guy with a record.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

12. Hell Yes they'd want him!

They're drafting middle age guys who already finished their service! They'll take anyone that comes their way.

[tandot]

11. Jail or dying for Bush in his pseudo-Christian crusade against Muslims?

I'll join as soon as the Bush twins are sent to Iraq to fight for their dad's crusade :evilgrin:

[Magrittes Pipe]

13. What does that judge think this is, the UK?

:o

[Aristus]

14. Gays can't serve their country openly, but we'll take guys with a

record??? How is this better than when Bill Clinton was Prez? Yep, B*sh and Dickhead really helped out the military there. :eyes: