tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381658.post8209312717527336350..comments2023-05-27T04:26:31.882-04:00Comments on A Healthy Look Around: Medical marijuanaFredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13094022242602632010noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381658.post-84874401357167994022008-08-07T20:11:00.000-04:002008-08-07T20:11:00.000-04:00Jury finds defendant Charlie Lynch guilty of crime...Jury finds defendant Charlie Lynch guilty of crimes alleged by the US Government<BR/><BR/><BR/>The verdict handed down from the jury was not unexpected. But make no mistake, justice will not be served by putting a reputable citizen in jail for helping sick people improve their quality of life.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, in our here-there-everywhere culture most citizens of this country miss the fundamental foundation upon which we base our vast criminal justice system on. And most of us barely know our true inaliable rights.<BR/><BR/>My heart goes out to Charlie L and his family. Charlie is innocent. He deserves a parade and medal of honor for his effort and diligence in this struggle. <BR/><BR/>Sentencing is likely to happen this fall and is up the Judge, it could be 100 years according to the sentencing guidelines. He will issue sentences for each of the 5 counts seperately. I hope you will join me in sending thoughts of generousity to Judge Wu while he deliberates.<BR/><BR/>"We, all of us, thought he was a good man. None of us doubted that. His intentions were good and he...got tangled up. . .But we thought that he had broken the law. There was nothing else we could do. We wanted to give him every benefit of the doubt."<BR/>-That is what the Forewoman of the jury told me. Every other juror ran from the room like a bat-outta-hell. They were noticibly disturbed, and seemed not to want to have anything to do with this case. My pov is that they didn't really know what was going on and they were scared to find out. Maybe they were scared to care. <BR/><BR/>I hope that these jurors have a chance to reflect on this matter in its entirety now that they have been released from their Civic Duty. And will come back in the future to support this "good man". The jurors did the best they could with the information they were given. It is not their fault that hardly any of us know our rights as a juror.Gelayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06882061180259988214noreply@blogger.com