Evelyn LaChapelle
7 Years for Depositing Cannabis Profits into Her Bank Account

Evelyn LaChapelle did a friend a favor and deposited cannabis profits into her bank account during a rough period of her life. Years later, a random traffic stop turned into a felony charge for that deposit. With an incompetent lawyer by her side, she passed on a two year plea deal and ended up incarcerated for seven years instead.

"I really went into this fight with the federal government naively."
Evelyn LaChapelle
"There is so many levels to what is wrong with this system that if my voice and my story and my face can contribute to that storytelling, I'll sign up for it."
Evelyn LaChapelle