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"Me" <srhi@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:srhi-F0FB9B.08082307022003@news.comcast.giganews.com...
> In article <3E4046EB.8C37D94B@nospam.com>,
>  Allison Trent <atrent@nospam.com> wrote:
>
> > Jurors Regret Convicting Pot Grower
> >
> > February 4, 2003 03:58 PM EST
> >
> > SAN FRANCISCO - Jurors who convicted a man of cultivating
> > marijuana and other federal drug charges say they would have
> > acquitted him had they been told he was growing it for medical
> > purposes for the city of Oakland.
> >
> > "I feel like I made the biggest mistake in my life," juror
> > Marney Craig said. "We convicted a man who is not a criminal."
> >
> > Other jurors reached Monday agreed and planned to write to
> > Ed Rosenthal to apologize.
> >
> > Rosenthal, 58, the self-described "Guru of Ganja," faces up
> > to 85 years in prison when he is sentenced June 4. In a
> > courtroom crowded with medical marijuana advocates wearing
> > "Free Ed" buttons, a federal judge decided Tuesday that
> > Rosenthal can remain free until then.
> >
> > After a two-week trial, the 12-member jury unanimously
> > concluded Friday that Rosenthal was growing more than 100
> > plants, conspired to cultivate marijuana, and maintained an
> > Oakland warehouse for a growing operation. He was portrayed
> > as a major drug manufacturer and put on little defense.
> >
> > The jury was not told that Rosenthal was acting as an agent
> > of Oakland's medical marijuana program, an outgrowth of a
> > 1996 medical marijuana initiative approved by California's
> > voters that conflicts with federal law.
> >
> > "I really feel manipulated in a way," juror Pam Klarkowsky
> > said. "Had I known that information, there is no way I could
> > have found that man guilty."
>
> I heard about this case a few days ago on NPR. Two or three
> of the jurors were interviewed.
>
> The legal issues need to be resolved by a higher court. If I
> was the judge, I would have thrown out the case, but that's
> just me.
>
> What I first thought when I heard of this story was that it is
> yet another example of the Bush Administration's hypocricy. Bush
> campaigned on several key issues; one being states' rights. The
> Republican party is supposed to be a states rights party and
> they're supposed to admire the tenth amendment. This is yet
> one more example of where what Bush and his Republican buddies
> promise, they do the opposite. If California wants to allow
> the medical use of marijuana, it should be permitted to do so,
> but its rights are being abridged by the same administration
> who campaigned on a states' rights platform.

thank god your not the Judge.. let the higher courts resolve it!