Willie Nelson’s Pot Plea Bargain in Peril
Willie Nelson- an epic country and western singer to older generations and epic stoner to younger ones, seems to be arrested every few months for like, driving a bus full of pot that is also a mobile bong. (But runs on corn!)
Nelson was arrested in El Paso, Texas in November for- what else?- marijuana. Cops who boarded his tour bus smelled dope, searched the vehicle and found six ounces of weed. Early in June, prosecutors in the case said they would reduce the charges against the 78-year-old singer and take jail off the table. Under the terms of the deal, Nelson would have to plead “no contest” to possession of drug paraphernalia.
The singer would have been fined $500 plus $280 in court costs and his record would have been cleared after 30 days if he “stayed out of trouble.” Sounds reasonable, you might think, but maybe a bit preferential? Hudspeth County Judge Becky Dean-Walker thought so.
Walker suggested the deal constituted special treatment for the star, and she told prosecutors Wednesday that she wouldn’t sign off on it. Dean-Walker told the Associated Press that prosecutors in Nelson’s case don’t offer similar deals to others and said Nelson should be charged with misdemeanor marijuana possession, which could land him in jail for up to a year.
Tags : Willie Nelson, willie nelson marijuana, willie nelson plea deal, willie nelson pot arrest
Posted: July 8, 2011
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Jul 8, 2011
Really, murder rape, jobs, the economy, wars and the idiots in D.C. and this judge wants to burn Willie. Just leave Willie ALONE. He is an American icon. Make the deal judge, please. Every prisoner in America that is in jail for under one ounce of pot should be released immediately by the President. That way we would have room and funds for real criminals.
Jul 8, 2011
Yeah put this crook in jail for a year, that'll show him not to be a criminal. This country is beginning to suck and I am growing tired of being a part of this fucked up country. What the hell is wrong with this place?
Jul 8, 2011
Throw the judge in jail!
Jul 8, 2011
He's 78 leave him the f&%K alone!
Jul 8, 2011
78 year old men can't smoke pot? Doesn't Texas have anything better to do?
Jul 8, 2011
Bet this judge is not re elected…..really? Of all the awful things in this world…taxpayer money is wasted on this.
Jul 8, 2011
More tax dollars wasted prosecuting a victim-less crime. Don't we have bigger problems to worry about than this? Legalize It!
Jul 8, 2011
Free Willie! Or at least certainly don't jail him.
Judge probably hates that he proves that a person can remain productive, happy and healthy into older age despite (or perhaps because of) using cannabis as a stress reducer.
The primary reason pot ever ruins lives is because the criminal justice industry makes it so.
Jul 8, 2011
I say we kick that judge out of Texas.
Jul 8, 2011
Let's see, let casey the child killer loose but arrest Willie for token a doobie, let's seeeee, what to do.
Jul 8, 2011
Legalize it and pass me a bong:)
Jul 8, 2011
*Cough cough* Here! LOL
Jul 8, 2011
Isn't malicious prosecution a crime? That's a criminal act in it self! Beware citizens of the USA,we're under siege!
Jul 8, 2011
gotta love prosecutors try to make a name for themselves.
Jul 8, 2011
noone has ever died from smoking mary jane so just "LEGALIZE IT".
Jul 8, 2011
Michigan will welcome you with open arms Willie, We love you and you're music -Seen you with Merle and Ray Price at the fox you are a country legend indeed! Leave Texas for Kwame and Georgie Porgie! Obviously the time has come for you to go where you are welcomed~!
Jul 8, 2011
FREE WILLY
Jul 8, 2011
TOKE IT EASY IN WILLY
Jul 9, 2011
This is the judge's e-mail address. It was posted as public information on the Hudspeth County website. Write her a thoughtful, well-written letter about the reasons you feel Willie should not be charged for this action. Nothing mean-spirited. Willie wouldn't do it that way. bdean@valornet.com
Jul 9, 2011
FREE WILLIE!
Jul 9, 2011
willie was great at jazz fest, better with age & now this "judge" wants her 15 minutes…
Jul 9, 2011
The thing is that he's "suppossed" to set an example……..if a "leader " goes the wrong way, what could you expect of his followers?
Jul 9, 2011
willie in jail for weed-casey anthony out for murder……..things that make you go hmmmmm.
Jul 11, 2011
legalize it …tax it like cigs and booze and get on with fixing the economy
Jul 11, 2011
follow the money. It leads right up to the $2000. suits in congress.
Jul 11, 2011
Curly died in 1946 the year I was born. He was a smoker.
Jul 20, 2011
I agree with you Russell I say get a rope and run that dang judge out of Texas. Will is a national star and helped many by far. Look what he has did for the farmer's. Farm Aid and many other things. Let's start a recall election and have that judge thrown out.