Salon.com > Court http://www.salon.com Thu, 23 May 2013 01:58:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Weird news: Attorney drops joint on courtroom floor http://www.salon.com/2012/10/03/weird_news_attorney_drops_joint_on_courtroom_floor/ http://www.salon.com/2012/10/03/weird_news_attorney_drops_joint_on_courtroom_floor/#comments Wed, 03 Oct 2012 22:18:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13029500 New Orleans Assistant City Attorney Jason Cantrell did a bad job of checking his pockets before heading to court earlier this week. According to the Times-Picayune, a marijuana joint fell out of the prosecutor's pocket onto the courtroom floor right in front of police officers.

Despite only being cited and let go under low-level marijuana policy, and despite having worked as an attorney for 17 years (including six years as a public defender in juvenile court), Cantrell has since resigned because of his ill-timed clumsiness.

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