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Newsbrief:
Will
Foster
Arrested
on
Minor
Parole
Violation
in
California,
May
Face
Return
to
Oklahoma
Prison
5/31/02
Will Foster, the Oklahoma
man who gained national fame after being sentenced to 93 years in prison
for growing marijuana for medical reasons in his basement, has been arrested
as a parole violator in California and faces a hearing today (Friday) that
could send him back to an Oklahoma prison cell.
After an intensive, multiyear
national campaign, Foster's sentence was reduced to 20 years, and he was
released last year on parole. Foster relocated to the Bay Area of
California, where he has been a productive member of society and active
in the marijuana reform movement. According to a statement released
by Ed Rosenthal, the marijuana cultivation expert recently arrested in
a DEA medical marijuana raid in San Francisco, Foster provided expert witness
services in marijuana cases and was called on March 28 to investigate a
garden that had been seized that day.
When Foster arrived on the
scene, law enforcement agents serving a second warrant stopped and arrested
him for being more than 50 miles from his parole office, a technical parole
violation. They also charged him with driving with an Oklahoma driver's
license, even though he currently resides in California, another technical
violation even though his Oklahoma license is valid. In a search subsequent
to his arrest, agents found two grams of marijuana in his car, leading
to a third charge of marijuana possession.
Such minor parole violations
are typically treated with a warning or reprimand, but because Foster is
a "guest parolee" from Oklahoma, his new parole officer, whom he has never
met, is asking that he be sent back to Oklahoma.
Foster has been jailed in
Nevada County since March 28. District Hearing Agent Denise Milano
will determine his fate today.
Past DRCNet coverage of the
Will Foster case:
Will Foster Freed
From Jail, Had 93 Years for Medical Marijuana (4/27/01)
http://www.drcnet.org/wol/183.html#fosterfree
Will Foster Parole Denied
(1/22/99)
http://www.drcnet.org/wol/075.html#noparole
Free Will Foster Campaign
Continues (9/18/98)
http://www.drcnet.org/wol/059.html#freewill
Rally to Free Will Foster
Scheduled for Oklahoma City (4/3/98)
http://www.drcnet.org/wol/036.html#freewill
Update on Will Foster - DRCNet
helps get action! (7/1/97)
http://www.drcnet.org/wol/001.html#pastalerts
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Issue #239, 5/31/02
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