Prosecution

not business as usual at the courthouse in Missoula (image courtesy Wikimedia)

Montana Marijuana Prosecution Runs into Jury Pool "Mutiny"

You've heard of jury nullification? How about jury pool nullification? That's basically what happened to a small-time marijuana charge in Montana last week.

Traffickers Use Terminally Ill Foreigners to Smuggle Drugs

Drug traffickers are moving drugs into India via terminally ill patients -- mostly women from foreign countries. Most of them go scot free on humanitarian grounds.

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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories

Crookedness in the Wayne County, Michigan, court system; endemic corruption in Camden; a tweaker cop in Iowa; and another pair of jail guards go bad.

Jovan Jackson

Legal Medical Marijuana Distributor Convicted of... Marijuana Distribution?!? [FEATURE]

Anti-medical marijuana crusader San Diego DA Bonnie Dumanis finally got a conviction in a dispensary case, but only after a sympathetic judge refused to let the defendant mention medical marijuana.

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Jailed Swiss Marijuana Advocate Renews Hunger Strike

A pioneering Swiss cannabis/hemp activist, Bernard Rappaz, has renewed his hunger strike after being re-imprisoned by Swiss authorities.

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Texas Now Prosecuting TWO Medical Marijuana Patients [FEATURE]

Two extreme cases from Texas demonstrate why legislation to protect medical marijuana patients there is badly needed.

Dick Marty

Swiss Pol Who Probed Secret CIA Prison System Says Legalize Drugs

A respected Swiss politician who rose to international prominence for unraveling Europe's role in the CIA's secret prison program is now calling for an end to global drug prohibition.

Chris Diaz

Medical Marijuana Patient Faces Life in Prison for a Half Ounce in Texas

Carrying a little medicinal marijuana and hash can turn into a living nightmare if they catch you with it in Texas. Ask Chris Diaz.

Special Meeting with Jackson's defense attorney K. Lance Rogers

San Diego ASA proudly presents: Lessons Learned, the Jackson Verdict

K. Lance Rogers, Turner Law Group, APC

Letter from Virginia Resner (President of Green Aid) about Ed Rosenthal: Count Down to Trial

Dear Friends: At the last two hearings, on April 13 and 20, Judge Breyer urged the prosecutor to drop Ed Rosenthal's case. The judge was trying to prevent the feds from marching straight ahead into a quagmire, just like in Iraq. Using the same wisdom they have shown on other issues, they decided to forge ahead.

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