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cucycln wrote:
> "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!

You must mean by this "thank god it will be resolved by
judges whom I know will vote with their prejudices, which
are the same as mine, so I will get my way" ...