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Newsbrief:
Medical
Marijuana
Distributor
Angers
Judge
in
California
6/28/02
Bryan James Epis, facing
a mandatory ten year sentence for conspiring to manufacture at least 1,000
marijuana plants for medicinal use, has been accused by US District Judge
Frank C. Damrell of attempting to influence the jury, the Associated Press
reported on Tuesday. Epis, 35, is allegedly responsible for the distribution
of flyers to the jury.
The flyers, which were handed
out by medical marijuana activist Jeff Jones, explained to potential jury
members the jury nullification doctrine, which holds that jurors have the
right to judge the law as well as the facts and that jurors can acquit
a defendant or create a hung jury by refusing to convict if a law violates
their conscience.
Epis was the founder and
supplier of Chico Medical Marijuana Caregivers. His case is the first
of a cannabis buyers club in a federal court. Damrell set a hearing
for August 1 to determine if Epis was obstructing justice. Jones
is also facing possible misdemeanor charges.
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Issue #243, 6/28/02
Editorial: The Specter of Coming Violence | DRCNet Interview: Roger Goodman, Voluntary Committee of Lawyers | DRCNet Book Review: Drug War Heresies | Supreme Court Allows Drug Testing All Students in Extracurriculars | Slim Supreme Court Majority Upholds But Also Criticizes Mandatory Minimum Sentencing | New York Rockefeller Law Reform Dies This Year as Pataki, Democrats Deadlock | Vermont Governor Quietly Signs Compromise Medical Marijuana Bill | Newsbrief: Unitarians Approve Anti-Drug War Platform | Newsbrief: Fatal Drug Overdoses on the Rise in Florida | Newsbrief: New York Pharmacies Fail to Distribute Sterile Syringes | Newsbrief: Arizona Supreme Court Rules Police Knock and Talk Violates Privacy Rights | Newsbrief: Kansas Sentencing Commission Wants to Focus on Prevention | Newsbrief: Illinois Juvenile Drug Courts Given a Green Light | Newsbrief: Medical Marijuana Distributor Angers Judge in California | Newsbrief: UN Reports Drug Use on the Rise Worldwide | Newsbrief: Scottish Police to Ignore Marijuana Use | Web Scan: Uniform Crime Report, World Prison Population List, Transnational Institute, Imani Woods, CDC, WorldNet Daily | The Reformer's Calendar
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