Friday, June 08, 2007

Quadriplegic dies in jail after being sentenced for marijuana possession

A 27-year-old quadriplegic man sentenced to serve ten days in a Washington, DC jail on charges that he possessed a minor amount of marijuana died while in custody last week due to inadequate health care, including prison officials' failure to provide him with a ventilator.

http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=6282

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