[PW] Re: Prohibition....

[Michael J. Lowrey]

On 11/7/06, sfinemel at ca.rr.com <sfinemel at ca.rr.com> wrote:
>  Prohibition....when
> alcohol went to illegal and then back to legal.....what happened to the
> bootleggers who were in jail?  Were they set free since the law
> changed?

Nope. They'd still broken the law.

Also remember: all repeal did was make prohibition optional instead of
mandatory. Many if not most states in the U.S. have "dry" counties,
cities or other regions, where some or all forms of alcohol sale are
illegal.

-- 
Michael J. "Orange Mike" Lowrey

"When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left, I buy food
and clothes."
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