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For the first time in Florida history, a Broward jury acquitted a marijuana grower after finding he has a medical need for the illegal drug.
Jesse Teplicki hid nothing from the detectives who showed up at his Hollywood home two years ago acting on a tip that he was growing pot on the premises. And he hid nothing from the jury on Thursday when he took the stand at his criminal trial, even admitting that he smoked a marijuana cigarette earlier in the day to treat the nausea and suppressed appetite that had been plaguing him for decades.
Teplicki is the first defendant in Florida to argue medical need in a marijuana case. The jury of four women and two men deliberated for less than an hour before returning its verdict
"You saved my life," a tearful Teplicki told three jurors who stayed in the courtroom after they were discharged by Broward Circuit Judge Michael Ian Rothschild.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/fl-marijuana-medical-need-verdict-20150302-story.html
B Calm
(28,762 posts)tridim
(45,358 posts)If not, why not? I fully admit I'm not a law expert.
Baitball Blogger
(46,700 posts)In some ways, I hope not. Think about the Zimmerman trial.
But it's a good question.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)His ass, your ass, or my ass may depend on it.
SoLeftIAmRight
(4,883 posts)There is no place were we have more power to stop the stupid.
Pacifist Patriot
(24,653 posts)alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)We need massive jury nullification all across this country. Absolute refusal to convict on this nonsense.
Pacifist Patriot
(24,653 posts)OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)And I get a summons about once every two years. I rarely make it out of the pool but if I do, and it's a cannabis case, I will not budge off of "Not Guilty".
Pacifist Patriot
(24,653 posts)WDIM
(1,662 posts)You'd have to be a cold sadistic human being to find somebody guilty and ruin their life for peacefully using a plant.