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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJury acquits Florida man who claimed pot was medicinal
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/ap/ap/florida/jury-acquits-florida-man-who-claimed-pot-was-medic/nkMR6/The Broward County jury on Monday found 50-year-old Jesse Teplicki of Hollywood not guilty of criminal charges.
trumad
(41,692 posts)K&R
ms liberty
(8,590 posts)Cha
(297,446 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Oh, wait
Alkene
(752 posts)for the cultivation of cannabis. Indeed, there shouldn't be a court involved.
Fred Drum
(293 posts)should become the standard
valerief
(53,235 posts)progressoid
(49,992 posts)Dustlawyer
(10,497 posts)Governor, hell will have to freeze over first!
joshdawg
(2,651 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)It seems to be generally accepted that SCOTUS will rule for equal marriage rights, now that enough states are supporting it.
so I expect the same pattern will be true in the case of cannabis.
Can't happen fast enough down here, IMHO.
ryan_cats
(2,061 posts)This is good but it should be legal. I still can't believe that my fellow Californians didn't vote to legalize it a couple of years ago. Everyone I know has smoked pot and even my teachers in high school were loaded in the 70s.
Is there a standard for DUI for pot? I know it is detectable in your system for 30 days or more but if they find it in your system, are you driving under the influence according to the law???
sunnystarr
(2,638 posts)Which makes you wonder why? Was a jury trial deliberately denied? Was that just a policy? If so why? How many others would have been acquitted if they had the option of a jury trial? Or did they all decide not to have a trial by jury?
wildbilln864
(13,382 posts)trial by judge or jury?
I would always pic the jury in this type case.
Also people need to be informed about jury nullification in these cases.
1monster
(11,012 posts)Of prison time, offer a deal with a stiff sentence but considerably less than a guilty jury verdict would bring; then they dare you to choose a jury trail.
Most people don't have the money or the nerve to accept that dare. And justice is not served.