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Title: Florida Woman Found Not Guilty of Marijuana Cultivation (Jury Nullification)
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Marijuana.com
URL Source: http://www.marijuana.com/blog/news/ ... ilty-of-marijuana-cultivation/
Published: Sep 17, 2016
Author: Monterey Bud
Post Date: 2016-09-17 21:06:32 by Hondo68
Keywords: Not Guilty, legal, Maine to Florida
Views: 9905
Comments: 53
Bridget Kirouac, a medical marijuana patient who relocated from Maine to Florida, and who suffers from debilitating bone spurs, was found not guilty of cultivating medical marijuana in her Martin County home. BREAKING: Bridget Kirouac found NOT GUILTY of cultivation and possession of cannabis. More tonight on @WPTVpic.twitter.com/KTNuuRqXd7 — Jason Hackett (@JHackettWPTV) September 16, 2016 Informing the sympathetic jury, “I’m not a criminal, I’m a patient,” Kirouac told the attentive courtroom. “All I’m trying to do is survive.” Kirouac used marijuana Kirouac explained to the courtroom that she was an MMJ patient in the state of Maine with a valid recommendation for medical marijuana before relocating to the Sunshine State for its warmer climate. She held back tears while explaining her struggle with pain. “When you get to that point, and you tried as many of the options that are available to you as I have…dying becomes a very attractive prospect,” she said. The prosecution focused on the fact that medical marijuana was not legal at the time of her offense. They were ultimately handed a historical defeat with the jury’s not guilty verdict for Bridget Kirouac. Poster Comment: A jury of your peers has determined that growing weed is legal. THE END 
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#3. To: hondo68 (#0)
Hallelujah!! This was the second medical marijuana case that Michael Minardi has won in Florida. The first was the case of Jesse Teplicki. If you are ever charged with marijuana possession in Florida, be sure to cite the binding precedent of Florida v. Bridget Kirouac, opinion of the jury. That judge is a spoilsport.
Continued use will not be without risk of arrest, but after this no responsible prosecutor will waste taxpayer resources trying her for the "crime" of using medicine.
Or they will prosecute because it will be another jury, and this case will not be citable for innocence. Absolutely nothing can be cited as marijuana being medicine.
Or they will prosecute because it will be another jury That would be irresponsible use of taxpayer resources absent any evidence that this jury was somehow skewed.
The Court was quite clear in saying this does not mean that she can further use marijuana. It is UNLAWFUL. The jury verdict did not change that. If she tokes up tomorrow, that will be another prosecutable crime.
The Court was quite clear in saying this does not mean that she can further use marijuana. Completely beside the point ... color me unsurprised.
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“It’s been extraordinarily stressful…emotionally draining” Kirouac says but the judge says her acquittal doesn’t mean she is free to use medical marijuana.
#6. To: nolu chan (#3)
the judge says her acquittal doesn’t mean she is free to use medical marijuana.
#8. To: ConservingFreedom (#6)
Continued use will not be without risk of arrest, but after this no responsible prosecutor will waste taxpayer resources trying her for the "crime" of using medicine.
#13. To: nolu chan (#8)
'Continued use will not be without risk of arrest, but after this no responsible prosecutor will waste taxpayer resources trying her for the "crime" of using medicine.'
#18. To: ConservingFreedom (#13)
That would be irresponsible use of taxpayer resources absent any evidence that this jury was somehow skewed.
#23. To: nolu chan (#18)
"That would be irresponsible use of taxpayer resources absent any evidence that this jury was somehow skewed."
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