Only in America

An Iowa court has ruled against an inmate who claimed he completed his life sentence by briefly dying. Benjamin Schreiber, 66, serving life for murder, was resuscitated after his heart stopped, and Schreiber argued that his “death” qualified him for release. The court was unpersuaded. “Schreiber is either still alive,” wrote Judge Amanda Potterfield, “in which case he must remain in prison, or he is actually dead, in which case this appeal is moot.”

Residents of Chicago Public Housing could face eviction for marijuana use, even though the drug will soon be legal for both medical and recreational use in Illinois. Marijuana is still illegal under federal law, the housing authority warns, so those who consume it in public housing will still be guilty of “drug-related criminal activity.”

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