...adds another 2-year mandatory minimum sentence for sale and can go as high as an additional 15 years in prison ...
Inconvenient for you. I know. But you'll get over it eventually.
As for someone actually drawing a 15 year sentence... Click here /a>...
There are more but I really don't have the time right now to post them all here.
Uh, 56, six-foot plants is not exactly "possession of a weed"! This guy was definitely dealing.
I think the article is in error. It was probably "cultivation that got him the 15 years, not possession. Given the AL marijuana laws, he was one real stupid doper.
State Of Alabama Marijuana Laws
Alabama Marijuana Laws
Incarceration Fine
Possession
2.2 lbs or less misdemeanor 0 - 1 year $2,000
More than 2.2 lbs felony 1 - 10 years $5,000
Cultivation
2.2 lbs or less felony 3 years MMS, possible 10 - 99 years $25,000
2.2 to 100 lbs felony 5 years MMS* $50,000
100 to 500 lbs felony 15 years MMS* $200,000
More than 1000 lbs felony life MMS*
*Mandatory minimum sentence.