Jim Finnel
Fallen Cannabis Warrior & Ex News Moderator
LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA – Outraged medical marijuana patients and advocates want to know why two nonviolent, legal, nonprofit, collective operators received higher bail amounts than Los Angeles County recommends for violent crimes like kidnapping, rape, and child molestation.
On Wednesday December 8 Judge Arthur Jean imposed $200K and $300K bail respectively on Joe Grumbine and Joe Byron, two nonviolent medical marijuana collective operators who have voluntarily cooperated with authorities at every step in their more than year long legal ordeal.
In December 2009, despite paying their taxes to the California State Board of Equalization and being in full compliance with Attorney General Jerry Brown's medical marijuana collective guidelines, the pair's nonprofit medical marijuana collective and everyone known to be associated with it were rounded up in a terrifying SWAT style raid involving no less 120 officers in four locations in Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside counties.
Grumbine, a patients' right advocate and director of the non-profit education and advocacy group The Human Solution ( The Human Solution | The Human Solution) believes the excessive bail is the prosecution's attempt to bully him into accepting a felony plea bargain for a crime he did not commit.
Twenty or so medical marijuana patients, all wearing The Human Solution's signature green ribbons and some in wheelchairs, attended Wednesday's bail hearing. A shocked and tearful crowd left the courtroom after the excessive bails were imposed and Grumbine and Byron were handcuffed and taken to prison. A significantly larger crowd of supporters are expected at the pair's December 10 bail reduction hearing.
Outraged citizens, those who support safe access to medical marijuana for patients, as well as the members of the media are encouraged to attend. The hearing is set for 8:30 AM on Friday December 10 in Long Beach Superior Court House, 415 W Ocean Blvd. in Long Beach, CA.
Supporters believe that every citizen, regardless of their stance on medical marijuana, should be concerned about this egregious abuse of power and the reckless waste of public resources and funds involved in prosecuting this case, especially when California is experiencing rampant budget cuts and financial woes. As to the excessive bail amount, the numbers speak for themselves. A quick perusal of the list below shows just how much Los Angeles prosecutors hate medical marijuana, despite California voters legalizing it way back in 1996. Below are the recommended bail amounts for various serious crimes as set by the County of Los Angeles (read the entire list at www.lasuperiorcourt.org/bail/pdf/felony.pdf ).
Grumbine received $200K bail, Byron $300K.
Crime / Recommend Bail According LA County
Assault with Chemicals $50K
Assault with a Firearm $50K
Lynching $50K
Residential Burglary $50K
Pimping a Minor Under 16 $75K
Arson of Structures or Forest Land $75
False Imprisonment $50K
Rape $100K
Kidnapping $100K
Vehicular Manslaughter DUI with Gross Negligence $100K
First Degree Robbery $100K
Car Jacking $100K
Child Stealing By Use of the Internet $100K
Willful Harm of a Child Likely to Produce Death $100K
Oral Copulation with a Minor Under 14 $100K
Sale of More Than 50lbs of Marijuana $100K
Human Trafficking of a Victim Under 18 $150K
Child Molestation with a Prior Conviction $150K
Rape with Violent Force $250K
NewsHawk: User: 420 MAGAZINE
Source: the-human-solution.org
Author: Christopher Glew, Attorney for Joe Grumbine
Copyright: 2010
Contact: The Human Solution: The Human Solution | The Human Solution
Website: Direct Submisson
On Wednesday December 8 Judge Arthur Jean imposed $200K and $300K bail respectively on Joe Grumbine and Joe Byron, two nonviolent medical marijuana collective operators who have voluntarily cooperated with authorities at every step in their more than year long legal ordeal.
In December 2009, despite paying their taxes to the California State Board of Equalization and being in full compliance with Attorney General Jerry Brown's medical marijuana collective guidelines, the pair's nonprofit medical marijuana collective and everyone known to be associated with it were rounded up in a terrifying SWAT style raid involving no less 120 officers in four locations in Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside counties.
Grumbine, a patients' right advocate and director of the non-profit education and advocacy group The Human Solution ( The Human Solution | The Human Solution) believes the excessive bail is the prosecution's attempt to bully him into accepting a felony plea bargain for a crime he did not commit.
Twenty or so medical marijuana patients, all wearing The Human Solution's signature green ribbons and some in wheelchairs, attended Wednesday's bail hearing. A shocked and tearful crowd left the courtroom after the excessive bails were imposed and Grumbine and Byron were handcuffed and taken to prison. A significantly larger crowd of supporters are expected at the pair's December 10 bail reduction hearing.
Outraged citizens, those who support safe access to medical marijuana for patients, as well as the members of the media are encouraged to attend. The hearing is set for 8:30 AM on Friday December 10 in Long Beach Superior Court House, 415 W Ocean Blvd. in Long Beach, CA.
Supporters believe that every citizen, regardless of their stance on medical marijuana, should be concerned about this egregious abuse of power and the reckless waste of public resources and funds involved in prosecuting this case, especially when California is experiencing rampant budget cuts and financial woes. As to the excessive bail amount, the numbers speak for themselves. A quick perusal of the list below shows just how much Los Angeles prosecutors hate medical marijuana, despite California voters legalizing it way back in 1996. Below are the recommended bail amounts for various serious crimes as set by the County of Los Angeles (read the entire list at www.lasuperiorcourt.org/bail/pdf/felony.pdf ).
Grumbine received $200K bail, Byron $300K.
Crime / Recommend Bail According LA County
Assault with Chemicals $50K
Assault with a Firearm $50K
Lynching $50K
Residential Burglary $50K
Pimping a Minor Under 16 $75K
Arson of Structures or Forest Land $75
False Imprisonment $50K
Rape $100K
Kidnapping $100K
Vehicular Manslaughter DUI with Gross Negligence $100K
First Degree Robbery $100K
Car Jacking $100K
Child Stealing By Use of the Internet $100K
Willful Harm of a Child Likely to Produce Death $100K
Oral Copulation with a Minor Under 14 $100K
Sale of More Than 50lbs of Marijuana $100K
Human Trafficking of a Victim Under 18 $150K
Child Molestation with a Prior Conviction $150K
Rape with Violent Force $250K
NewsHawk: User: 420 MAGAZINE
Source: the-human-solution.org
Author: Christopher Glew, Attorney for Joe Grumbine
Copyright: 2010
Contact: The Human Solution: The Human Solution | The Human Solution
Website: Direct Submisson
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