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Title: Florida Woman Found Not Guilty of Marijuana Cultivation (Jury Nullification)
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Marijuana.com
URL Source: http://www.marijuana.com/blog/news/ ... ilty-of-marijuana-cultivation/
Published: Sep 17, 2016
Author: Monterey Bud
Post Date: 2016-09-17 21:06:32 by Hondo68
Keywords: Not Guilty, legal, Maine to Florida
Views: 11550
Comments: 53
Bridget Kirouac, a medical marijuana patient who relocated from Maine to Florida, and who suffers from debilitating bone spurs, was found not guilty of cultivating medical marijuana in her Martin County home. BREAKING: Bridget Kirouac found NOT GUILTY of cultivation and possession of cannabis. More tonight on @WPTVpic.twitter.com/KTNuuRqXd7 — Jason Hackett (@JHackettWPTV) September 16, 2016 Informing the sympathetic jury, “I’m not a criminal, I’m a patient,” Kirouac told the attentive courtroom. “All I’m trying to do is survive.” Kirouac used marijuana Kirouac explained to the courtroom that she was an MMJ patient in the state of Maine with a valid recommendation for medical marijuana before relocating to the Sunshine State for its warmer climate. She held back tears while explaining her struggle with pain. “When you get to that point, and you tried as many of the options that are available to you as I have…dying becomes a very attractive prospect,” she said. The prosecution focused on the fact that medical marijuana was not legal at the time of her offense. They were ultimately handed a historical defeat with the jury’s not guilty verdict for Bridget Kirouac. Poster Comment: A jury of your peers has determined that growing weed is legal. THE END 
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#3. To: hondo68 (#0)
Hallelujah!! This was the second medical marijuana case that Michael Minardi has won in Florida. The first was the case of Jesse Teplicki. If you are ever charged with marijuana possession in Florida, be sure to cite the binding precedent of Florida v. Bridget Kirouac, opinion of the jury. That judge is a spoilsport.
You're really kind of an asshole, taking delight in the pain and suffering of others. Not just this thread either - it's pretty much the same on any post you make about medical marijuana users. Let's get one thing straight - the government does not own our bodies and as such has no business telling anyone what they may or may not use to medicate themselves.
Pot, meet kettle. You're the asshole who takes delight in the flouting of the law. To you, laws are merely a recommendation and they only apply to others, not you.
Geeze, who pissed in your Cheerios this morning? I'm completely confident that Deckard takes no delight in the flouting of just laws such as those against murder, rape, and theft ... but is pleased to see punishment not inflicted on those breaking immoral laws such as those against using governmentally-disapproved medicines. So "Deckard" is really Bridget Kirouac? Who knew?
Why not simply repeal the law? For everyone? That should be easy given that it's an immoral one.
I'm all for it. Sadly, that doesn't follow. But the trend is in that direction, and I pray it continues.
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Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest A jury of your peers has determined that growing weed is legal.
“It’s been extraordinarily stressful…emotionally draining” Kirouac says but the judge says her acquittal doesn’t mean she is free to use medical marijuana.
#4. To: nolu chan (#3)
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#5. To: Deckard (#4)
"You're really kind of an asshole, taking delight in the pain and suffering of others."
#7. To: misterwhite, Deckard (#5)
You're the asshole who takes delight in the flouting of the law.
To you, laws are merely a recommendation and they only apply to others, not you.
#10. To: ConservingFreedom (#7)
"but is pleased to see punishment not inflicted on those breaking immoral laws such as those against using governmentally-disapproved medicines."
#14. To: misterwhite (#10)
Why not simply repeal the law? For everyone?
That should be easy given that it's an immoral one.
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