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Reading this, I think it's a crime that this guy is not out on early release. The majority of his sentence was for marijuana, which is now widely decriminalized and in some places legalized.



I do not believe this is true. Looking at the record, marijuana is one of a few drugs. The specific incident that led to his current sentence is related to a powerful opioid. This is corroborated by Preston's own personal website.


Blog post said majority of sentence was for marijuana. Where do you find this other stuff?

I mean it would be sad if he was lying - but i don’t see any of that.


https://apnews.com/general-news-d68dca63e95946fbb9cc82f38540...

Saying that he got his time for marijuana seems to be a big stretch.


He broke his gf's arm as part of a prolonged campaign of domestic violence against her.


This was conveniently omitted from both TFA as well as the linked “how I got here” post.

Where did you learn this?



This is an PDF of a bad court decision about an illegal search; he was not convicted of harming anyone. It contains no evidence of him harming anyone.


If police can determine there is probable cause they can immediately search without a warrant. It contains strong evidence of him committing harm directly to his gf at the time. It does not contain a legal decision or conviction, but that's not a lack of evidence - the report's existence itself is by definition evidence.


That’s false. PC needs to be taken to a judge for a search warrant.

What you are probably thinking of is what is called the “exigent circumstances” warrant exception, and it was misapplied here by over-zealous police who violated his rights.

There is no evidence to support that the injuries sustained by the woman in his apartment were caused by him, according to that document.


I’m basing my view on what he said in the blog. Where is this said?


He received a suspended sentence for the marijuana. But then he breached his probation, and there were later charges including one for carfentanil.


I recall what I read in his blog post was “majority of sentence was for marijuana”


Why would you take him at his word when he's a self-admitted bad actor and therefore likely to be an unreliable narrator?


I agree he should be released but using the mail to transport marijuana across state lines is definitely not legalized or decriminalized anywhere.


No but in my mind on principle because it’s legalized and decriminalized, this should not be a 10 year sentence.




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