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A man who pleaded guilty to second-degree unintentional murder for the shooting death of another man last spring will be spending time behind bars. Jordan Deontre McFarland, 18, has been sentenced to 128 months (10 years and 8 months) for the shooting death of 27-year-old Derrell Deshawn Freeman in May 2023. He was also given

The long saga that is Covalent Collective and Doyen Elements has come to some sort of an end – finally. Geoff Thompson, the person behind the scheme, was sentenced to 33 months in prison and three years of supervision once released. Despite settling with the SEC in 2020 for past bad behavior, in December 2021,

March 6 (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court panel on Wednesday seemed poised to ask New Jersey’s top court to decide whether a state law barring employment discrimination against cannabis users gives workers the ability to sue for violations in a case involving Walmart. A three-judge 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel in Philadelphia

A new lawsuit filed against The Maryland Cannabis Administration threatens to delay the lottery after another separate lawsuit failed to get an injunction in February. A previous lawsuit filed by Jeffery Jensen, a lawyer with a history of bringing social equity lawsuits against states, failed to get an injunction last month. Andrew Garrison, chief of the office of policy

Breaking News Ireland A man killed and decapitated his wife while suffering from a cannabis-induced psychosis that led him to believe she was possessed by a serpent and was going to kill him, two consultant psychiatrists have told the Central Criminal Court. One of the psychiatrists said the accused man, Diego Costa Silva, believed that

MJ Biz reports Herbl’s meteoric fall and ensuing receivership are nearing an end. Two separate buyers placed winning auction bids totaling more than $1.4 million to acquire certain assets from the defunct California marijuana distributor, according to court documents and industry sources. MJBizDaily also confirmed that a bundled package of unsettled Herbl legal disputes was acquired

NJ.com Two Jersey City police officers fired for legally using cannabis while off-duty have filed a lawsuit against the city for refusing an order by the state’s Civil Service Commission to reinstate them. The 33-page lawsuit filed Wednesday claims Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop has flouted the state law — which says police officers can’t

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An appellate panel reversal gives the cohort another fighting chance in federal court. The Michigan man who has waged court wars over various cannabis social equity programs’ residency rules around the country has been handed a temporary victory in California. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday reversed a lower court’s

Hemp Today  A group of men have been convicted in Ohio for participating in a “pump-and-dump” conspiracy involving a penny stock company that proposed to make hemp-infused drinks. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio said the scam cost investors roughly $2 million, leading to a combined total of 165 months imprisonment for the