Missouri Justice For Jerry Mitchell
February, 1979
"in these parts ... it may be cruel, but it ain't unusual"The state of Missouri, from Governor Joseph P. Teasdale to the Missouri Supreme Court, appears still dedicated to the proposition that prison is the solution to the marijuana problem.In November 1976, we reported the case of 19-year-old Jerry Mitchell of West Plains, Missouri, sentenced to 12 years (later reduced to seven) for the nonprofit sale of five dollars' worth of marijuana to an undercover agent introduced to him by a fr...
