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Medical marijuana advocates protest drug charges against MS patient [NJ]
    #10910925 - 08/22/09 10:34 AM (14 years, 8 months ago)

Medical marijuana advocates protest drug charges levied against ill Franklin man
August 21, 2009 - NJ.com



Toting giant signs, more than a dozen advocates of medical marijuana today gathered outside the Somerset County Courthouse to rally behind a multiple sclerosis patient who is facing trial for growing 17 plants.

The state chapter of the Coalition for Medical Marijuana drew supporters from around the New Jersey, concerned about the pending case of John Ray Wilson, who is charged with first-degree maintaining or operating a drug-production facility, second-degree manufacturing and third-degree drug possession.

Wilson, 36, of Franklin, faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted.

Last August a helicopter pilot spotted marijuana growing behind the house he rented on Skillmans Lane and alerted State Police. Detectives found well-worn trails leading to the plants.

Wilson will not be able to mention his medical condition at trial and cannot assert a personal use defense. The court ruling drew proponents to Somerville, with signs like, "Medical marijuana is a patient's right" and "John Wilson is a medical marijuana patient, not a criminal."

Wilson stopped by the gathering with his father and grandmother. His aunt bore one of the signs. The case is pending as advocates urge the Legislature to pass the New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act, which would give patients of debilitating diseases structured access to the drug.

Asbury Park resident Sandy Faiola, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, said it's about time the measure is passed.

"I can get all the morphine in the world I want, which I am currently on, but I can't any medicinal marijuana," Faiola said. "It would be a lot easier on my body and help me a lot more."

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Re: Medical marijuana advocates protest drug charges against MS patient [NJ] [Re: veggie]
    #10911023 - 08/22/09 10:48 AM (14 years, 8 months ago)

Wait... This may be a dumb question, but why exactly can't he "talk about" his medical condition at the trial? I've never heard of such a restriction at such a trial... But then again, knowing about the judicial system isn't really something I'm very good at. :P

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Re: Medical marijuana advocates protest drug charges against MS patient [NJ] [Re: Colony Collapse]
    #10911172 - 08/22/09 11:08 AM (14 years, 8 months ago)

Not a dumb question at all. I have been scratching my head over this type of thing for years. There have been dozens of high profile cases where the jurors have said afterwards that they never would have voted for a conviction had they been aware of the full evidence. I sure hope this guy gets acquitted.

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Re: Medical marijuana advocates protest drug charges against MS patient [NJ] [Re: veggie]
    #10911294 - 08/22/09 11:28 AM (14 years, 8 months ago)

I read about this somewhere else and I think the judge put a gag order on him so he can't mention his condition or why he was growing marijuana...in the name of justice


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Re: Medical marijuana advocates protest drug charges against MS patient [NJ] [Re: DesertSolitaire]
    #10912231 - 08/22/09 01:23 PM (14 years, 8 months ago)

This gag order shit is insane. One important part of committing a crime is the intent. In this case, they don't care about intent, they care about the binary "did defendant break x law, yes or no?" and if the answer is 'yes', they 'why?' is irrelevant.
To add to that, it's shit like that that comes about as a result of people voting for candidates who are 'hard on (for) crime'.


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Re: Medical marijuana advocates protest drug charges against MS patient [NJ] [Re: buddhabadger]
    #10912758 - 08/22/09 02:28 PM (14 years, 8 months ago)

Hmm... Interesting. Yeah, I guess they don't want him mentioning it was probably the only thing he knew to combat MS, which everyone knows is a terrible, degenerative disease. They know if he said that he would win over the jury. I mean, you'd have to be heartless to not sympathize with the guy.

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Re: Medical marijuana advocates protest drug charges against MS patient [NJ] [Re: Colony Collapse]
    #10912859 - 08/22/09 02:41 PM (14 years, 8 months ago)

Don't you know in a U.S court of law when defending your self against foolish outdated drug laws you cant overtly mention any facts that may prove your being foolishly prosecuted by unfair and senseless idiots for crimes that harm no one! The reason these words or facts cant be spoke of is because they may invoke free thinking and cause a speedy removal of the cranium from the anus! Which for some fearing this action may be painful because of  many years of suffering from this self induced condition!


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Re: Medical marijuana advocates protest drug charges against MS patient [NJ] [Re: veggie]
    #10912878 - 08/22/09 02:44 PM (14 years, 8 months ago)

Quote:

Colony Collapse said:
Wait... This may be a dumb question, but why exactly can't he "talk about" his medical condition at the trial? I've never heard of such a restriction at such a trial... But then again, knowing about the judicial system isn't really something I'm very good at. :P



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veggie said:
Not a dumb question at all. I have been scratching my head over this type of thing for years. There have been dozens of high profile cases where the jurors have said afterwards that they never would have voted for a conviction had they been aware of the full evidence. I sure hope this guy gets acquitted.




I found this to answer your questions: http://cannabisnews.com/news/15/thread15363.shtml

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"A bank robber is not allowed a defense that he was stealing money for his starving children, even if he was," said Rory Little, a Hastings College of the Law professor.

"The general principle is: Motive is not a defense to a crime."

The reason is simple - to prevent jurors from acquitting because of personal feelings"





TOTAL bullshit IMO. The victim should be able to decide whether the person should be punished for their crime, and motive is part of that. Whatever happened to a compassionate legal system?

Edited by Green_T (08/22/09 02:58 PM)

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Re: Medical marijuana advocates protest drug charges against MS patient [NJ] [Re: Green_T]
    #10913237 - 08/22/09 03:25 PM (14 years, 8 months ago)

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to prevent jurors from acquitting because of personal feelings"



all that info should do is reduce the sentence not acquit them wtf


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Re: Medical marijuana advocates protest drug charges against MS patient [NJ] [Re: Coaster]
    #10918645 - 08/23/09 09:30 AM (14 years, 8 months ago)

where can we send correspondence to maybe make a difference here?  Is there a politic ion or something in NJ that can change or mitigate this?


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