04-10-2018, 03:59 PM
I can understand people not wanting anything to do with Hawaii's court system, either county or state. The decision by Honolulu County to pursue a third trial against Christopher Deedy, a U.S. State Department agent who shot a local thug in a McDonalds 6 years ago, reeks of fanaticism. (2 unsuccessful prosecutions)
What are they going to do--keep trying the guy until they get the outcome they want?
They you have the large number of people prosecuted unduly harshly for marijuana charges here the past 20 years, or friends and family who observed the episode. (I fall in the latter category.)
Notable in the anti-pot campaign was a 7-year effort by prosecutors to convict a local man (Aaron Anderson) for "promotion of marijuana after he was found in possession of legal hemp bird seeds."
http://norml.org/news/1998/03/12/judge-d...hemp-seeds
Not surprising that a lot of people (other than criminals) try give the courthouse a wide berth.
What are they going to do--keep trying the guy until they get the outcome they want?
They you have the large number of people prosecuted unduly harshly for marijuana charges here the past 20 years, or friends and family who observed the episode. (I fall in the latter category.)
Notable in the anti-pot campaign was a 7-year effort by prosecutors to convict a local man (Aaron Anderson) for "promotion of marijuana after he was found in possession of legal hemp bird seeds."
http://norml.org/news/1998/03/12/judge-d...hemp-seeds
Not surprising that a lot of people (other than criminals) try give the courthouse a wide berth.