From its inception, the U.S. drug war ruined many lives. Its racist over-policing, mass incarceration and&nbsp;punitive sentencing left families,&nbsp;individuals and communities&nbsp;destroyed.

A stark example is&nbsp;Michael Thompson who spent&nbsp;over two decades in prison for cannabis. Thompson, who&nbsp;never committed a violent crime, was convicted of selling three pounds of marijuana to a close friend turned police informant.

Ultimately, Thompson became the longest-serving non-violent offender in Michigan&#39;s history. In 2020, he&nbsp;was released from prison&nbsp;after 25 years&nbsp;when Gov. Gretchen Whitmer granted him clemency.

Now, MSNBC&nbsp;has teamed up with a video-on-demand platform, Documentary+&nbsp;to tell Thompson&#39;s story, reported Detroit Metro Times.

The new film,&nbsp;The Sentence of Michael Thompson, is scheduled to debut on MSNBC at 10 p.m. on Oct. 30&nbsp;and&nbsp;available to stream on Documentary+ as of Nov. 1. It features interviews with Thompson&#39;s attorneys and family members.

Produced by Kyle Thrash and W. Ian Ross&nbsp;and co-directed by&nbsp;Haley Elizabeth Anderson and Thrash, the doc is being&nbsp;<a href="https://www.metrotimes.com/weed/msnbc-to-air-documentary-about-michael-thompson-who-served-michigans-longest-non-violent-prison-sentence-after-selling-pot-31329699?fbclid=IwAR1SAVAX8o9m-6VRoLa2SEU3d09fQe1jb8_cRQ5Ssij5giKvYviE8i1gpnU">presented </a>by MSNBC Films and XTR along with&nbsp;Synonymous Pictures.

More Film Credits: The documentary&nbsp;was executive produced for MSNBC Films by MSNBC president Rashida Jones, VP&nbsp;Amanda Spain and co-produced by&nbsp;Bryn Mooser, Kathryn Everett, Justin Lacob, Lydia Kives for XTR, and William Crause.

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