Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Tuesday, April 07, 2015

Donald Clarkson, Kamloops Grandpa, Jailed For Growing Pot To Supplement Pension

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A British Columbia grandfather who started a marijuana grow-op to augment his small pension has been sentenced to six months in jail.

Donald Clarkson, who is 76, pleaded guilty to production of marijuana and possession for the purpose of trafficking after police raided a building on his property two years ago.

Court heard that officers were alerted to a pungent smell coming from Clarkson's rental property in the North Thompson Valley and found 150 small pot plants valued at about $60,000.

Clarkson told a B.C. Supreme Court judge in Kamloops on Monday that he only started the operation because his pension wasn't big enough.

Crown and defence lawyers made a joint submission for the six-month jail term — the minimum sentence after the federal government toughened Canada's drug laws.

Defence lawyer Sheldon Tate told court that Clarkson, a retired trucker, lived a modest life and his only motive was financial gain.

Original Article
Source: huffingtonpost.ca/
Author: cp
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