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Court ruling could free hundreds amid Leary retroactivity
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled a 1969 Supreme Court decision in the Timothy Leary case retroactive, potentially freeing hundreds convicted of marijuana possession before 1969. Eleven convictions on appeal—seven from Texas, three from Florida, one from Georgia—could be overturned or eased. many would seek new trials, or have records cleared. Chief Judge John R. Brown urged abandoning and retroactively uprooting faulty procedures that risked unjust convictions.
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