Thursday 25 February 2021

Washington high court strikes down law that makes unintentional possession of drugs a crime

A divided Washington Supreme Court has struck down as unconstitutional a longstanding law that made it a felony to possess illegal drugs even if you didn't know you had them. The court used the 2016 arrest of a Spokane woman, Shannon Blake, to revisit ...

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