common-sense” change would reduce costs, free up prosecutors to pursue more serious offenses and offer offenders the opportunity to “get the help the… - Aramis Ayala

Finding a remedy for the issue of mass incarceration has been incredibly important to me,” Ayal.

Although there was another worker present and Brown never confessed to possessing the marijuana, he was arrested and initially charged with Possession of Cannabis with Intent to Sell.

Over the years, the Legislature has increased maximum sentence lengths, added habitual offender sentencing enhancements and imposed mandatory minimum sentences for a variety of offenses, including those involving controlled substances like marijuana,” Ayala said in a statement. “While this strategy may sound appealing to some, it has not proven to be effective at reducing crime or preventing those who have committed crimes from offending again. What it has done, is cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars at a time when budgets are already stretched thin.”