A New Jersey man gets mercy from the court

[Payaso]

A New Jersey man gets mercy from the court in a recent ruling. This may free him from a draconian sentence he received for growing plants behind his house as medicine for his MS.

A New Jersey Appellate Court ruling handed down on Monday may free a Franklin Township man sentenced to five years in prison for growing marijuana plants to treat his Multiple Sclerosis.

John Wilson's attorney James Wronko confirmed the ruling saying, "They have stayed the sentence."

The court ruled that Wilson, 37, should be granted bail and released to his family if he can meet the court's requirements for release.

While his family is hopeful, they have grave concerns as to Wilson's declining health. Wilson spent three weeks in the Somerset County Jail after his February conviction, then a week in a Trenton transfer facility and had just been moved to a state prison complex in southern New Jersey when the appellate court finding came down.

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[ilegalalien]

ok.. wilsons attorney was not allowed to state his client suffers ms to the jury,nor the medical benefits of cannabis. thats just plain evil [and obvious why]

 

[apartmentblower]

The fact that it went this far already shows how inhumane judges and prosecutors are. when you decide to follow the law to the letter for the sake of following the law to the letter and send this guy knowingly away for 5 years after an expensive and stressful trial in the first place you are not a human being anymore

 

[bodhisattva]

stuff like this makes me sick..vote people,...vote..

 

[Vermonster]

how are they still capable of finding 12 people to convict someone for growing marijuana....amazing