Italy: Harsh Marijuana Law Dumped
Italy’s constitutional court on Wednesday struck down the country’s marijuana law which tripled sentences for selling, growing or possessing cannabis. The law has been blamed for prison overcrowding in the country. The court ruled that the law, passed in 2006 by Silvio Berlusconi’s conservative government, was “illegitimate,” without going into details, reports Steve Scherer at MSN News. Some estimates suggest 10,000 people could be released from Italian jails, which are the most overcrowded in the European Union. The prison rights group [...]