Man jailed for life over $20 marijuana sale has been freed A Louisiana man who was arrested and sentenced to life for selling $20 in marijuana to undercover officers when he was homeless is now freeNEW ORLEANS -- A Louisiana man who was arrested and sentenced to life for selling $20 in marijuana to undercover officers when he was homeless has been freed from prison. WWL-TV reported that Fate Winslow was released from Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola on Wednesday and was on his way back home after serving 12 years of a life sentence. “A life sentence for two bags of weed? According to the station, Winslow was approached by undercover officers in Shreveport in 2008, and they asked him where they could get some marijuana. The Innocence Project New Orleans took up his case, appealing his life sentence on the grounds of ineffective assistance of counsel.

Source: ABC News December 17, 2020 15:50 UTC