05-06-2003 01:57									#1
	Ed Rosenthal Sentenced... Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

...to just one day in prison! Excellent news!

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SAN FRANCISCO - Ed Rosenthal, the self-proclaimed "Guru of Ganja," walked free Wednesday after a federal judge sentenced him to one day in prison for a marijuana conviction.



Rosenthal, 58, was found guilty in February of growing more than 100 plants in an Oakland warehouse and could have faced as much as 60 years behind bars.


Rosenthal had argued his actions were legal under a 1996 law passed by California voters that permits marijuana use for medical purposes. He also said he was acting as an agent for the city of Oakland's medical marijuana program.


But U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer did not allow the jury to hear those arguments.


The jury found Rosenthal guilty of marijuana cultivation, but several jurors later said they would have acquitted him if they had known he was growing the plants for patients in Oakland.


"I think it was wrong," Rosenthal said from his home Tuesday. "Once the jury found out the whole truth, they agreed. They repudiated their decision."


California Attorney General Bill Lockyer had asked Breyer for leniency in Rosenthal's sentencing. The federal probation department had recommended a 21-month prison term.

	05-06-2003 01:59									#2
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Good to see he escaped serious punishment!

	05-06-2003 03:18									#3
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A judge who refuses to uphold the law of the land should be impeached.

	05-06-2003 03:23									#4
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He's in California. They like wierd juges there.

	05-06-2003 03:25									#5
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That is seriously messed up. In Singapore he would of got the death sentence. How the hell can he cheat justice like this?

	05-06-2003 04:20									#6
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quote: Originally posted by Dr Strangelove A judge who refuses to uphold the law of the land should be impeached.

He sentenced him. Thus the law was upheld. Impeachement for that would be not for any "high crimes or misdemeanors" but for disagreeing with his decision, thus a breach of the separation of powers.


Fez, this might shock you, but the US isn't Singapore.

	05-06-2003 04:25									#7
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Maybe the US should take Singapore law ideas..?

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What was the penalty assessed against the schoolteacher in the Monkey trial? A hundred bucks, was it?

	05-06-2003 04:31									#9
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quote: Originally posted by Fez Maybe the US should take Singapore law ideas..?

Hell No.

	05-06-2003 04:40									#10
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quote: Originally posted by Fez Maybe the US should take Singapore law ideas..?

Maybe you should go there instead of here if you like it so much better.

	05-06-2003 05:00									#11
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quote: In Singapore he would of got the death sentence.

You are talking heroine here. Big difference...

	05-06-2003 05:00									#12
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Yeah, DP... must be the ganja

	05-06-2003 05:03									#13
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quote: Originally posted by loinburger What was the penalty assessed against the schoolteacher in the Monkey trial? A hundred bucks, was it?

Yeah, Scopes got a fine of $100.00.