Franklin man With Multiple Sclerosis is Appealing Conviction for Growing Marijuana

[Jacob Bell]

FRANKLIN – A Somerset County man with multiple sclerosis is appealing his conviction for growing 17 marijuana plants.

John Wilson of Franklin Township, Somerset County, says he used the drug to treat his condition. But he wasn't allowed to say that to the jury in his 2009 trial.

An appeals court ruled last month that a judge was right to bar the testimony and upheld his five-year sentence.

A marijuana advocacy group announced today that Wilson has asked the state Supreme Court to consider the case.

Since Wilson's conviction, New Jersey has passed a law to allow medical marijuana.

The program is still being set up and marijuana is not yet being distributed legally to patients.

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[medMUser]

Re: Franklin man With Multiple Sclerosis is Appealing Conviction for Growing Marijuan

One more example of how Lady Justice is bound & tied by biased, uniformed thus willful, idiots. If the jury can't have ALL the info as to 'motive' for the 'crime', thus disallowing pertinent evidence, Lady J [Pun? You bet! ] is served on an empty plate.

Judicial biased activism any one?

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