REUTERS: …[P]rosecutors in Washington’s King and Pierce counties – which contain the cities of Seattle and Tacoma – moved swiftly to announce they were dropping 225 pending possession cases currently in the pipeline.
“The people have spoken loudly in Initiative 502, and there seems to be no point in continuing to prosecute cases for conduct that’s going to be legal in a couple of weeks,” King County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Satterberg told Reuters.
Pierce County Prosecutor Mark Lindquist said, “I don’t believe any jury is going to convict on a simple marijuana case after this initiative has passed.” … (more)
