New Jersey MS Patient Sent to Prison over Medical Marijuana

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New Jersey MS Patient Sent to Prison over Medical Marijuana
August 24, 2011 By Chris Goldstein Leave a Comment

John Ray Wilson in 2010

8/24/2011 - John Ray Wilson was taken into custody today at the Somerset County Courthouse. He will begin serving a 5-year prison sentence. The 38-year-old MS patient was found with seventeen cannabis plants in 2008. After serving five weeks in prison in 2010, Wilson was allowed to remain with his family pending an appeal. The NJ Appellate Division upheld his conviction and sentence in late July. Wilson appeared before Superior Court Judge Angela Borkowski in a hearing today to consider a continuation of his bail.

Judge Borkowski ruled that her court was not an appropriate jurisdiction to deviate from the trial decision and appellate court affirmation. Any bail appeal should be made to the Appellate Division. Wilson’s attorney, William Buckman of Moorestown, said that he will file for bail immediately.

During the brief hearing the prosecutor, Deputy Attorney General Russell Curley, argued that Wilson should begin serving his sentence today. The judge agreed. John was taken into custody in the courtroom and is currently being held at the Somerset County jail.

“We think that the appellate decision is misguided,” said Wilson’s attorney William Buckman, “we are hoping that the Supreme Court will set the record straight that New Jersey doesn’t want to put sick people or simple individual marijuana users into prison at the cost of $35,000 a year.”

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[hlthe2b]

1. This kind of crap just leaves me speechless....

[WhiteTara]

3. me too.

[City Lights]

5. Me three. eom

[indepat]

7. Only in a RW-crazed America?

:patriot:

[CelticThunder]

2. What a horror story.

[RegieRocker]

4. Morons leading morons.

[Le Taz Hot]

6. With MS, it's going to cost the state a WHOLE LOT MORE

than $35,000 a year. Not that I need to remind anyone on this board but this guy goes to jail over 18 lousy little pot plants and the banksters roam free -- and very VERY rich. The spelling to the word "justice" needs to be updated -- "just us."

[kestrel91316]

8. It won't cost them any extra. You don't think they are going to provide any

meaningful level of treatment of his MS, do you?? Because they won't.

[eShirl]

9. Gross injustice!

Do they also imprison insulin-dependent diabetics there for possessing syringes?

[SammyWinstonJack]

10. What purpose does putting this man in jail over 18 pot plants, serve society?

What a fucked up country this is.

[Blue Owl]

11. There ain't no fucking justice in this shitpile of a country

When this guy is in jail but Wall Street bankers who've destroyed our economy are getting government blowjobs.