Reason.com |
Chris Williams: “With the rest of my life literally hanging in the balance, I simply could not withstand the pressure any longer” |
Reason.com |
Chris Williams: “With the rest of my life literally hanging in the balance, I simply could not withstand the pressure any longer” |
Eliza Wiley/Helena Independent Record |
Chris Williams faces a mandatory minimum sentence of more than 85 years in federal prison |
Editor’s note: Chris Williams faces a mandatory minimum sentence of more than 85 years in federal prison for medical marijuana. This is a letter written to federal judge Dana Christensen on his behalf by activist Kari Boiter. |
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Chris Williams faces a mandatory minimum sentence of more than 90 years in federal prison |
Eliza Wiley/Helena Independent Record |
Chris Williams: :”[T]he extraordinary circumstances of this case do warrant my taking additional legal advice and possible new legal counsel” |
The conviction of Montana medical marijuana provider Chris Williams, convicted of violating federal law, took another twist on Tuesday when his defense attorney, Michael Donohoe, filed a motion to withdraw from the case.
Medical marijuana provider Chris Williams on Thursday was convicted of all eight charges, and faces up to 90 years in federal prison |
Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ |
Reason |
Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske: “Calling it medicine sends a terrible message” |
Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske — required by law to lie about the medical efficacy of cannabis — has, unsurprisingly, attacked the herb again in a speech in San Francisco.
Pot.tv |
Aaron Sandusky faces 10 years to life in federal prison. He will be sentenced next month. |
Photo: Eliza Wiley/Helena Independent Record |
Chris Williams of the Montana Caregivers Association watches as DEA agents and local law enforcement raid his Montana Cannabis grow operation on March 14. Willliams is now suing the federal government. |
Two Montana medical marijuana providers have accused the United States government of civil rights violations in what is believed to be the first lawsuit of its kind, in response to a federal crackdown on medicinal cannabis operations nationwide.
Photo: THC Finder |
Dumb-ass DEA agents felt they needed to wear masks and respirators while raiding and killing medical marijuana gardens in Montana on Monday, because otherwise they might get some of that evil cannabis on them. |
There are still no charges related to this week’s medical marijuana dispensary raids across Montana, but an examination of civil seizure warrants reveals a possible motive behind the raids: The warrants authorized federal agents to “seize” more than $4.2 million from dispensary bank accounts.