Court Observation Paper

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I went to the Albany City court house and observed Andra Ackerman on 11/3/16. The court cases were a lot more interesting then I originally perceived it was going to be. The most interesting thing I noticed is that most of the cases were for marijuana charges and the defendants just had to go to a few meetings and then all charges would be dropped. I thought it was crazy that there were so many people with the same charge and the punishments were so minor even for people with multiple prior arrests. Also in one of the marijuana cases the police and officials behind the window started talking about times they have used marijuana in college or at parties. I was shocked because they are supposed to be the justice system and they are telling stories

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