A retired judge and a former MI5 officer discuss Eurpean models that present a more effective approach to drugs other than locking people up Story Transcript PAUL JAY, SENIOR EDITOR, TRNN: Welcome to The Real News Network. I’m Paul Jay in Baltimore. And we’re continuing our discussion with members of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition. These […]
Author Archives: Maria Lucia Karam and Annie Machon
Maria Lucia Karam is a retired judge from Brazil. She worked in the criminal courts for eight years, where she routinely cleared defendants of drug-possession charges on the grounds that laws criminalizing behavior that does not affect the rights and freedoms of others is unconstitutional. She has published several books and essays, much of her work being on the ills and failures of drug prohibition.
Annie Machon worked as an intelligence officer in the UK domestic Security Service, MI5, for six years in the 1990s. During part of that time she was responsible for investigating terrorist logistics, and worked closely with the Investigations Division of UK Customs.
