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Seattle: City Will No Longer Prosecute Marijuana Possession Offenses

Seattle–(ENEWSPF)–January 21, 2010.  Newly elected city attorney Peter Holmes will no longer prosecute minor marijuana possession offenses, according to a report published in The Seattle Times.

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“[The city of Seattle] is no longer going to prosecute marijuana possession cases anymore,” said Holmes. The Times reports that Holmes has already begun dismissing cases that were filed by the previous city attorney, Tom Carr.

Holmes defeated Carr in the November 2009 election.

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