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US: Prosecutor to drop all Seattle marijuana tickets

Gene Johnson

Kitsap Sun

Monday 22 Sep 2014

Seattle's elected prosecutor said Monday he's dropping all tickets issued for the public use of marijuana through the first seven months of this year, because most of them were issued by a single police officer who disagrees with the legal pot law.

In a briefing to the City Council on Monday, City Attorney Pete Holmes says he is moving to dismiss approximately 100 tickets issued by the Seattle Police Department between Jan. 1 and July 31. His office also said it would be seeking a refund for 22 people who have already paid their $27 ticket.

Through the first six months of the year, a single officer wrote about 80 percent of the tickets, writing on one that he considered the pot law "silly." The officer was temporarily reassigned, and the department's Office of Professional Accountability is investigating.

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/state/prosecutor-to-drop-all-seattle-marijuana-tickets_99426868_

 

 

 

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