tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post3347807237752895516..comments2024-03-08T07:09:46.527-07:00Comments on Pro Libertate: Bust You For It Now, Tax You For It Tomorrow: The Insanity of Marijuana Prohibition William N. Grigghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14368220509514750246noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-69298183815931916762014-11-02T14:56:25.126-07:002014-11-02T14:56:25.126-07:00While I agree that violation of individual rights ...While I agree that violation of individual rights through violence is a serious crime, and consider armed self-defense a paramount property right, I don't support the death penalty. :-)William N. Grigghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14368220509514750246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-79167328996579754952014-11-02T12:17:58.575-07:002014-11-02T12:17:58.575-07:00By definition, the trampling of peoples inalienabl...By definition, the trampling of peoples inalienable rights such as their choice of what they choose to ingest, is treason against we the sovereigns.<br /><br />I would like to see this clearly put into State constitutions, so that we could go on the offensive, and try and if convicted, execute criminal cops that violate our God given rights rather than protect them.<br /><br />I bet only a very small number would have to be executed before the rest started to behave themselves, and took their oaths to defend the Constitution and our rights seriously.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-35104214319351712272014-11-01T05:44:18.268-06:002014-11-01T05:44:18.268-06:00Just a feeling based on the way the courtroom even...Just a feeling based on the way the courtroom events panned out. A jury trial would have ended the same. Because how does a jury get to hear and see evidence from the defense. The compound word, roadblock comes to mind. Juries are dumbed down all the time by not hearing the full truth. On to the people in the story working for the government. Do any of them have any skills where they could earn the same in the private sector? <br />History repeats itself. Centuries ago, China had large sailing ships that did trade in many places in this world. At that time Europe was lucky to have rowboats. All of this trade ended with China's government parasites feeding off the productive. These government parasites were the Mandalins, the freaks with the long fingernails. Strangely, with this story in mind, the Mandalins engaged in smoking opium as their pastime while living off the productive. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-78001178208607777502014-10-31T19:10:40.081-06:002014-10-31T19:10:40.081-06:00Thank you for the very detailed response. Everyth...Thank you for the very detailed response. Everything about this event is tragic.joycenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-51714339198086826232014-10-31T12:30:39.404-06:002014-10-31T12:30:39.404-06:00Re: "decent jury". The way govt. prosec...Re: "decent jury". The way govt. prosecutions corruptly cherry-pick braindead statist dupes instead of actual peers to man juries, "decent jury" prospects have to be few and far between.rkshannynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-117286718981785972014-10-31T09:33:42.835-06:002014-10-31T09:33:42.835-06:00Susan Gerber, Bill Esbensen's attorney, reques...Susan Gerber, Bill Esbensen's attorney, requested a change of venue and was denied. Both Gerber and Esbensen, along with Gary Kiyuna (who represented Scott Kangas), were convinced that prejudice against medical marijuana is so intense and pervasive in Malheur County that they wouldn't get a decent jury. That perception was fortified by the outcome of a jury trial of two other 45th Parallel defendants that ended just before the Esbensen/Kangas trial began.<br /><br />Since they couldn't get a change of venue, Gerber requested a bench trial in anticipation of an appeal. <br /><br />Ironically, if she hadn't recused the original trial judge, Patricia Sullivan, things may have worked out better, despite the fact that Sullivan has filed five purely retaliatory bar complaints against Gerber. Sullivan, as I reported earlier, actually testified before the County Commission requesting an increase to the DA office's budget so they could prosecute the 45th Parallel case. Speaking ex parte about the case in public is bad enough -- but Sullivan was lobbying for the prosecutor to get more money for a case Sullivan was going to try as both judge and finder of fact. <br /><br />There is abundant reversible error in the 45th Parallel case. If Sullivan had been the trial judge, the outcome would have been the same, but the case for overturning the verdict would have been unassailable. <br /><br />All of that being said, I still think a jury trial would have been preferable -- but I wasn't the one making that decision. <br />William N. Grigghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14368220509514750246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-78167920506832572732014-10-31T09:17:59.039-06:002014-10-31T09:17:59.039-06:00Will,
I asked this before on an earlier post of yo...Will,<br />I asked this before on an earlier post of your regarding this story. Do you know why there was a bench trial and not a jury trial?<br /><br />Thanksjoycenoreply@blogger.com