[vin-one]

Federal prosecutors say if these bills pass and juries learn that marijuana involved in a case is for medical use, they will commit "jury nullification of the law" — acquitting plainly guilty criminals.

RP what part of the above lines from the article strike you as being off base
I always thought that juries were supposed to get all the evidence
seems like the fed's want to limit a juries information,
what ever happened to a fair trial?

[robertpaulsen]

"I always thought that juries were supposed to get all the relevent evidence."

They're talking about federal trials. Little Dickie want to introduce into federal court the fact that medical marijuana is "legal" in that particular state where the federal trial is being held.

His hope, with this legislation, is that the juries will then ignore federal law and acquit the guily party.

What is interesting, as ellery points out, is that this legislation is directed at medical marijuana cases only.