Botswana excludes imprisonment for possession of 60 grams or less
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Removing imprisonment for 60 g or less leaves prison available above that amount, so enforcement stays at prison-possible and possession stays a crime; no segment moves.
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Removing imprisonment for 60 g or less leaves prison available above that amount, so enforcement stays at prison-possible and possession stays a crime; no segment moves.
docs/research/history-bw-triage-2026-10-26.md +27 @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +# Triage: Botswana December 2025 low-level possession amendment closed as reviewed + +Research checked on 26 October 2026. Read `DATA-MAINTENANCE.md` (triage and +timeline rules), the entry with the profile and timeline, and the segment +band definitions before editing. No web search was needed: the decision +rests on the entry's already-checked sources, the current profile and the +published bands. One open triage item closed with an `unscored` reason; no +scores, profiles or timelines changed. + +## What changed + +- `botswana-low-level-possession-amendment-2025` (2025-12-22, easing): + `unscored` — removing imprisonment for 60 g or less leaves prison + available above that amount (up to 3 years below 1 kg, up to 10 years + above), so enforcement stays at prison-possible and possession stays a + crime; no segment moves. The profile already describes the amended + thresholds. + +Triage now reports BW at 0 open (1922 100→11, 2025-12-22 11→12). + +## Validation and tree note + +- Chain `bw`: unchanged, 0 flagged steps. +- `npm run history:test`: 40 pass, 0 fail. `npm run answers:test`: 40 + pass, 0 fail. Production build: 4,356 pages, complete. +- Commit stages only the `unscored` hunk plus this note, via patch + filtering. Foreign work in the shared tree is excluded and preserved.