Louisiana Man Released From Prison After Repeat Offender Law Ultimately Led To Life Sentence For $20 Bag Of Weed - Blavity

Louisiana Man Released From Prison After Repeat Offender Law Ultimately Led To Life Sentence For $20 Bag Of Weed
Officials at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola released Fate Winslow on Wednesday.
December 18, 2020 at 5:10 pm
A Louisiana man has been released from prison after his case caused widespread outrage for its obscene severity, according to WWL-TV. 
Due to Louisiana's draconian repeat offender law, Fate Winslow was given a life sentence without parole after being arrested in Shreveport, Louisiana, for selling two undercover cops $20 worth of marijuana in 2008. His case became a sadly iconic example of how unnecessarily harsh the country's drug laws are, particularly when it comes to Black offenders. 

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