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US: California Ganja Guru Sentenced to Day in Jail

Reuters

Wednesday 04 Jun 2003

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amid cheers from supporters, marijuana
advocate Ed Rosenthal was sentenced on Wednesday to a single day in
jail for growing the drug in violation of federal law even though
California allows its cultivation for medical use. U.S. District Judge
Charles Breyer said he handed down the light sentence because of the
"extraordinary circumstances" of the case -- referring to the fact
that growing marijuana for medical purposes was legal under a
voter-approved California law. But during the trial, the judge had not
allowed Rosenthal, a 58-year-old self described "ganja guru," to
present evidence that he had grown the marijuana as an officer of the
city of Oakland, which had a medical marijuana program. As a result, a
jury found Rosenthal guilty of violating federal law with several
jurors trying afterward to recant the verdict when they found out the
circumstances of the case, Breyer sentenced Rosenthal to a single day
in prison but gave him credit for time served so he walked out of
court a free man. He also fined Rosenthal $1,300.

 

 

 

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