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[–] Mister_Feeny@fedia.io 147 points 1 day ago (3 children)

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2025/03/14/south-milwaukee-woman-deported-to-laos-is-stranded-with-few-options/82369691007/

That story has a bit more info about the marijuana related charges. Not a ton, but it does have:

"A longtime Milwaukee resident, Yang worked as a nail technician and a receptionist at nail salons before the COVID-19 pandemic. She was earning a living for her children, who range in age from 6 to 22. Her partner, Bub, is disabled: he has had two brain surgeries, is partially paralyzed and suffers from memory loss.

During the pandemic, the family moved into a house that prosecutors say was part of a marijuana trafficking operation.

Yang was among 26 people indicted in a sweeping federal case in 2020. It alleged Yang helped count and package cash that was mailed to marijuana suppliers in California. Prosecutors found bags of cash taped between pages of magazines, according to a complaint."

So it was a trafficking case. Weed was being shipped from Cali, where it's legal, to Wisconsin, where it's not, and they were mailing back cash to pay for the weed. To me it just sounds like she was trying to take care of her family and disabled partner during a difficult time.

Also, "Marijuana-related charges" is never going to mean "beating someone half dead because they smoked your weed." That's just battery. Even guessing that that is code for some violent crime makes you sound like a right wing nutjob making huge mental leaps to justify how horribly this woman was treated by the govt as a good thing.

[–] altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 21 hours ago

Some stupid side-involvement without, as I guess, any power or major profits. Besides being a nail-person, SHE was their mail-person. Uninformed of probable presecution, she discovered it only when they all got caught. Stupid, dumb thing to do, but I can see why she could agree to that and why she kinda forgot to double-check the legality of this thing herself.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 0 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I mean she was trafficking weed. Even in Canada where it's legal this would still be illegal.

[–] Mister_Feeny@fedia.io 4 points 7 hours ago

Ok? I never said she committed no crime. In fact, I specifically did say it was a trafficking case. And she served 2 1/2 years in prison for it, thereby paying her debt to society. So what's your point?