Mississippi Supreme Court Confirms Man’s Life Sentence for Marijuana Possession

A file photo of a Campaign Against Marijuana Planting (C.A.M.P.) Special Agent approaches a pot plant during a marijuana garden raid in a remote area of Annapolis, Calif., on Sept. 4, 2002. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

A divided Supreme Court of Mississippi upheld a prisoner’s sentence of life imprisonment for possession of marijuana under the state’s violent habitual offender law.

The affirmation of the sentence comes as laws regarding marijuana are being loosened nationwide.