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Criminal

Jul. 17, 2012

Mendocino D.A. lightens pot sentences in exchange for restitution

Mendocino County District Attorney David Eyster is on a quest to redefine how marijuana cases are prosecuted by using an obscure law to collect restitution from defendants in exchange for lighter sentences.


By Henry Meier


Daily Journal Staff Writer


The Mendocino County District Attorney's Office is on a quest to redefine how marijuana cases are prosecuted in the county by using an obscure law to collect restitution from defendants in exchange for lighter sentences.


Faced with an overcrowded court system, shrinking law enforcement budgets and a backlog of marijuana-related cases at the beginning of 2011, newly elected Mendocino County Distric...

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