>And the author of that tweet is a criminal law and criminal justice scholar, currently a professor at Fordham University
Yes, an excellent authority, but it is still just an appeal to authority. The first one was the truly objectionable one.
I'm not saying that legalizing marijuana will solve all the legal systems problems, but it would remove a significant weight from an overburdened system. ~5% of prisoners alone is a lot of people, plus think of how many public defender hours are spent on these matters.
Yes, an excellent authority, but it is still just an appeal to authority. The first one was the truly objectionable one.
I'm not saying that legalizing marijuana will solve all the legal systems problems, but it would remove a significant weight from an overburdened system. ~5% of prisoners alone is a lot of people, plus think of how many public defender hours are spent on these matters.