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Criminal

Oct. 27, 2010

Setting the Curve on Proposition 19

Law professors join in support of legalizing marijuana, showing that this is a matter of common sense and shared wisdom. By Los Angeles attorney Hanna Liebman Dershowitz.

By Hanna Liebman Dershowitz

In a stunning demonstration of principled leadership, a group of 75 law professors has signed a letter of endorsement for Proposition 19, the initiative to control and tax cannabis in California. The letter represents perhaps an unprecedented coming together of diverse minds from across the legal community, country, and political spectrum to comment on a particular policy proposal in real time. The list of signatories includes ...

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