Prosecutors Lose Bid to Jail Ed Rosenthal Pending Sentencing
By Jeralyn, Section Crime in the News
Posted on Tue Feb 04, 2003 at 02:12:37 PM EST
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Posted on Tue Feb 04, 2003 at 02:12:37 PM EST
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The prosecutors lost their bid to keep pot guru Ed Rosenthal in jail pending sentencing.
This kind of overkill by prosecutors is how they lose the public trust. There was no justification for their request--Rosenthal is not a flight risk or a danger to the community. He's stuck around throughout these proceedings, including showing up for court today, after the verdict, and he's on a $200k bond. Ashcroft should know better by now.
Update: Daily Kos weighs in, read to the end. So does Instapundit, and Calpundit. Matt Yglesias weighs in here on legalization.
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