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"Guru of Ganja" Ed Rosenthal Convicted Again

By Jeralyn, Section Crime in the News
Posted on Wed May 30, 2007 at 05:29:24 PM EST
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The jury returned a guilty verdict against marijuana activist Ed Rosenthal today -- he won't serve any jail time though. Background here.

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    "Guru of Ganja" Ed Rosenthal Convicted Again | 6 comments (6 topical)

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    It must be nice to be able to waste all that money (none / 0) (#1)
    by SeeEmDee on Wed May 30, 2007 at 05:46:05 PM EST
    Taxpayer's money, that is. I'm sure each one of us could have done with some of what was taken from us under threat of imprisonment (look at the threat on the bottom of the 1040 form) and which the prosecution pissed away in what could only have been an exercise in sheer vindictiveness.

    If anything illustrates the mindset supportive of cannabis prohibition, this is it. It's nothing more than the "revenge of the (vicious) nerds', the one the stoners laughed at on campus long ago. They never got over it, and stewed in their ostracism, planning for the day when they could stick it to those who put them down for being such marginal personalities. People like those described here..

    But if you wanna brew your own beer... (none / 0) (#2)
    by Dadler on Wed May 30, 2007 at 06:20:10 PM EST
    ...it's all good.  

    Don't forget wine and spirits as well., (none / 0) (#3)
    by sarcastic unnamed one on Wed May 30, 2007 at 06:34:30 PM EST
    up to a certain volume per household, I believe.

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    then really, what was the point? (none / 0) (#4)
    by cpinva on Wed May 30, 2007 at 10:48:17 PM EST
    he won't serve any jail time though

    aside from showing who's boss, that is? what a waste of time, tp's (read: mine) money and police effort.

    i feel safer already.

    OK, I understand the distinction between (none / 0) (#5)
    by kindness on Thu May 31, 2007 at 09:36:31 AM EST
    Federal & State laws.  But Ed was growing pot for the Medical marijuana clubs in the Bay Area.  he had been given some kind of certification from the City of Oakland to do so, and yet the defense isn't allowed to mention this at the trial.

    I'd be more comfortable with the defense being able to bring it up and also say that Federal law doesn't recognize it.  It'd be more honest.  Otherwise the citizens on the jury should just be able to disregard the judges instructions and vote him innocent anyhow.

    "They hate us for our freedoms" (none / 0) (#6)
    by Yes2Truth on Thu May 31, 2007 at 01:00:53 PM EST

    No wonder so many people around the globe hate us.
    They resent the most well-known aspect of our society:  our devotion to the concepts of liberty and freedom...as defined by the special interests that profit from restricting them.

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