Community | July 12, 2009 | 3 comments

Judge's gag order on marijuana advocate Bob Newland raises questions

source: http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2009/07/11/news/top/doc4a58383a3e202589010523.txt

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The gag order imposed by a Rapid City judge on medical marijuana advocate Bob Newland as part of his sentence is an unusual penalty that injects political views over public policy into a legal process, a spokesman for a national criminal-defense association said Friday.
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3 comments // Judge's gag order on marijuana advocate Bob Newland raises questions

  • wirehedd
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      wirehedd  

    • this is a prime example of an activist judge imposing his political views in limiting the free speech rights of an individual.

      I'm sure the ACLU or MPP or LEAP or, of course, NORML will have a lot to say about this.

    • 2 years ago
  • hammywill
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      hammywill  

    • The people want this. If they didn't they would not stand for JUDGES interpreting the law instead of JURORS. The people want this...it's as simple as that. If they didn't they would do something to stop it.

    • 2 years ago
  • N_Dank
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