First-Time Marijuana Offender Walks Free after Kansas Governor Shortens Sentence
Deshaun Durham, left, and his attorney Barry Grissom, right, on Dec. 6, 2024, leave a Hutchinson prison after Durham’s sentence for a marijuana offense was shortened. (photo/Last Prisoner Project)
TOPEKA — December 10, 2024A Kansas court said Deshaun Durham was supposed to serve more than seven years in prison for a first-time marijuana offense.
Durham tried to sway the state’s Prison Review Board to recommend clemency, and the board denied his application.
But Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly overruled the board’s decision Nov. 7 and commuted Durham’s sentence. Friday, he walked out of the Hutchinson…
