{"id":9398,"date":"2021-07-10T02:03:22","date_gmt":"2021-07-10T02:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/2021\/07\/09\/whats-life-like-after-life-for-weed-six-months-after-clemency-corvain-cooper-fights-for-place-in-legal-industry\/135352\/"},"modified":"2021-07-10T02:03:22","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T02:03:22","slug":"whats-life-like-after-life-for-weed-six-months-after-clemency-corvain-cooper-fights-for-place-in-legal-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/whats-life-like-after-life-for-weed-six-months-after-clemency-corvain-cooper-fights-for-place-in-legal-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s life like after life for weed? Six months after clemency, Corvain Cooper fights for place in legal industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/whats-life-like-after-life-for-weed-six-months-after-clemency-corvain-cooper-fights-for-place-in-legal-industry\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_3772-332x400.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/whats-life-like-after-life-for-weed-six-months-after-clemency-corvain-cooper-fights-for-place-in-legal-industry.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><a 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src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/whats-life-like-after-life-for-weed-six-months-after-clemency-corvain-cooper-fights-for-place-in-legal-industry-6.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/OCR-L-COOPER-0710-DC-5-1-560x373.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/whats-life-like-after-life-for-weed-six-months-after-clemency-corvain-cooper-fights-for-place-in-legal-industry-7.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/OCR-L-COOPER-0710-DC-3-1-560x373.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/whats-life-like-after-life-for-weed-six-months-after-clemency-corvain-cooper-fights-for-place-in-legal-industry-8.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/OCR-L-COOPER-0710-DC-2-1-560x373.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/whats-life-like-after-life-for-weed-six-months-after-clemency-corvain-cooper-fights-for-place-in-legal-industry-9.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/OCR-L-COOPER-0710-DC-7-1-560x373.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/whats-life-like-after-life-for-weed-six-months-after-clemency-corvain-cooper-fights-for-place-in-legal-industry-10.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/OCR-L-COOPER-0710-DC-6-560x373.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/whats-life-like-after-life-for-weed-six-months-after-clemency-corvain-cooper-fights-for-place-in-legal-industry-11.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/whats-life-like-after-life-for-weed-six-months-after-clemency-corvain-cooper-fights-for-place-in-legal-industry-13.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"large-10 large-centered small-12 columns\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/2021\/07\/09\/whats-life-like-after-life-for-weed-six-months-after-clemency-corvain-cooper-fights-for-place-in-legal-industry\/135352\/#comments-anchor\"><span class=\"spot-im-replies-count\" data-post-id=\"135352\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This Fourth of July held new meaning for Corvain Cooper, who feared he\u2019d never celebrate another holiday as a free man.<\/p>\n<p>Six months ago, Cooper was in a prison in Louisiana. The Los Angeles native had been sentenced to federal prison in 2014 for his role in a scheme to sell marijuana across state lines. Though there had been no allegations of violence, Cooper\u2019s two prior minor drug convictions meant the cannabis conviction was a third strike, forcing a judge to send the then-34-year-old to prison for life without the possibility of parole.<\/p>\n<p>But on Jan. 19, as one of his last actions as president, Donald Trump granted Cooper clemency.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/2021\/07\/09\/whats-life-like-after-life-for-weed-six-months-after-clemency-corvain-cooper-fights-for-place-in-legal-industry\/\">Read the rest of this story on ocregister.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .row --> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Fourth of July held new meaning for Corvain Cooper, who feared he\u2019d never celebrate another holiday as a free man. Six months ago, Cooper was in a prison in Louisiana. The Los Angeles native had been sentenced to federal prison in 2014 for his role in a scheme to sell marijuana across state lines. 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