The Daily Sentinel editorial urging voters to vote no against Amendment 44 is disgraceful. Not because they oppose the issue, but because they make a statement that is patently false in their justification. Declaring that Amendment 44, "creates a loophole in state law that would allow those over 21 to legally transfer up to an ounce of marijuana to another person 15 years or older," is 100 percent false. If Amendment 44 passes, it will remain a felony to contribute to the delinquency of a minor by such a transfer. [continues 244 words]
TALLAHASSEE -- The family of a prisoner who died five days after checking into a clinic at Jackson Correctional Institution claims in a lawsuit that he received improper medical treatment. In addition, the lawsuit suggests that the prison's chief doctor, Galina Kats-Kagan, failed to check on Clifford Jones during the weekend he was admitted in 1998. When Kats-Kagan did see Jones three days after he entered the clinic, the lawsuit suggests, she wrote all of Jones' progress reports for the previous days but backdated them to indicate they were written throughout the weekend. [continues 487 words]
