Naw Austin said they we not giving the kid life, that was built up from norml and websites. The DA said "we are not trying to ruin this kids life". Austin is very liberal. The Marley fest happens every year in Austin. i went like 4 years ago, I had about a half pound and dabs in a back pack. Cops search you when you go through the gates. Its the craziest shit ever. Its like the Purge "the movie" but with weed. Its like that day weed is legal.
The kids case isn't in Austin/Travis County. I wish it were, but his case in Williamson County....which is literally the worst county in the entire United States to get caught with weed in. Williamson County is not only strict it's extremely corrupt. So much so that city council members who've tried to change things there have disappeared off of the face of the Earth. You won't hear about the shit in the news, either.
That's nice that you seem to think Austin is this awesome "Liberal County." You say you were at Marley Fest 4 years ago, in 2011? While you were at Marley fest 4 years ago I was 11 blocks down the street in the courthouse being prosecuted for 120 plants. No joke. The whore of a judge had the nerve to schedule my court date that month on the Thursday that Marley fest started(now called Regaea fest because Travis county was sued by the Marley Family for not giving them any profits from the festival). A bunch of rich assholes were using the Marley name to make money off of the festival.
Stay the fuck away from Austin. Boycott the entire state of Texas. That Nazi shithole doesn't deserve legal weed, imo. Austin turned into mini-Dallas/Houston. Austin in recent years looks like Houston and Dallas got together and fucked and Austin was the demon spawn result. It all went downhill years ago when luxury high rise condos started popping up all over downtown. The residents of which caused the initiation of a sound ordinance that restricted bars in downtown Austin from allowing live music to be played past Midnight. IN THE "LIVE MUSIC CAPITOL OF THE FUCKING WORLD."
I watched Austin go downhill before my eyes. It was a fucking tragedy. The glory days of that town have long since passed. "Keep Austin Weird" is merely a marketing tool to suck in the tourist these days. It was once a way of life in that town.