http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/02/01/MN108651.DTL
In a final twist to the trial, the jury foreman said he hoped Rosenthal would win his appeal.
"I am for the use of medical marijuana, as a number of jurors were," Charles Sackett, 51, a construction contractor from Sebastopol, told reporters.
"We just couldn't base our decision on that. . . . We followed the letter of the law."
Later, another juror called the verdict an injustice.
"We were made to feel like we had no choice, even though we were residents of a state that has legalized medical marijuana," said Marney Craig, 58, a property manager from Novato. "It seems like we made a horrible mistake. I should have stood up and said, 'I'm not convicting.' "
Craig said she realized how much information had been kept from the jury when she drove home after the verdict and read newspaper accounts that jurors had been told to avoid during the trial.
"Craig said she realized how much information had been kept from the jury when she drove home after the verdict and read newspaper accounts that jurors had been told to avoid during the trial."Are you suggesting that this is a better way to conduct a trial by jury? Have them sit at home, read newspaper acoounts, then render a verdict?
Why would you post such nonsense? How low will you stoop to defend your buddy, Ed?