Judge easy on medical marijuana crusader "no real victims"

[The Straight Story]

Judge easy on medical marijuana crusader


WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- A Canadian judge in Winnipeg, Manitoba, spared a convicted medical marijuana user and advocate from a prison term as he didn't have any "real victims."

Grant Krieger, 54, was convicted by a unanimous jury last year of trafficking marijuana to people across the country with debilitating and terminal diseases, the Winnipeg Free Press reported Tuesday.

In her ruling Monday, Justice Shawn Greenberg sentenced Krieger to a suspended sentence with nine months probation.

"Mr. Krieger is not like most of the drug offenders we sentence in this court," Greenberg said. "While Mr. Krieger's actions were illegal, many, perhaps most, would say they are not immoral. Indeed he has no real victims."

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/International/2009/12/22/Judge-easy-on-medical-marijuana-crusader/UPI-65641261495086/

[ck4829]

1. This guy is an angel compared to the people who want his clients to spend their last days in agony

[Blue Owl]

2. Finally some sanity

In the insane war against cannabis...

[pitohui]

3. it's a relief to hear abt a judge who has a heart and a soul

why am i not surprised to learn he's a canadian?

i wish mercy and decency were american values, not just canadian/european values

[dysfunctional press]

5. he's also a she.

the judge, that is.

[Echo In Light]

4. K&R for common sense & compassion