90-year-old released from prison for non-violent cannabis conviction

A 90-year-old federal inmate who was convicted of a non-violent cannabis offence more than a decade ago is heading home after an appeal court rejected a lower court’s ruling to deny his motion for compassionate release.

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The denial was made this past summer when a federal judge reasoned that a life sentence, without the possibility of parole, was the only punishment for his crime “that would be appropriate and that would protect the public.”

Horacio Estrada-Elias was accused of trafficking tens of thousands of pounds of marijuana into and around the U.S., according to CNN. The mandatory life sentence that was applied was taken off the

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