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Court upholds ‘Weedman’ DNA ruling
Trentonian.com ^ | 04/11/2005 | ARTEMIS COUGHLAN

Posted on 04/11/2005 6:51:01 AM PDT by KeyesPlease

CAMDEN -- An appellate court Friday upheld the Superior Court of New Jersey’s decision not to charge Robert Edward "Weedman" Forchion with refusing to comply with an order to supply DNA samples to police.

Forchion, a frequent candidate for office, a Rastafarian by faith and a pro-legalization marijuana activist,said he was elated when he got the news Saturday.

"I am happy. Now I don’t have to supply a DNA sample," Forchion said.

(Excerpt) Read more at zwire.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: bigbother; fourthamendment; govwatch; privacy; wodlist
40 lbs is a lot of sacrament.
1 posted on 04/11/2005 6:51:01 AM PDT by KeyesPlease
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To: KeyesPlease

Not many people are holy enough to need a burlap sack to carry their sacrament.


2 posted on 04/11/2005 7:23:24 AM PDT by eno_ (Freedom Lite - it's almost worth defending.)
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To: KeyesPlease

I am not sure how I feel about this- you leave your fingerprints all over the place by accident, and (if you are not too grossed out to think about it) you leave DNA 'samples' many places too- if you catch my drift.


3 posted on 04/11/2005 8:10:53 AM PDT by Mr. K ("All your base are belong to us" (gosh I miss that))
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