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September 7th, 2008 • Donovan • Related • Filed Under •

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I’m getting involved in the case of Charles Lynch. I never met the guy, but I’ve done my research. He’s a guy in his mid 40s, no criminal record, who opened a medical marijuana shop in his hometown in California. It’s entirely legal here. City officials came to the ribbon cutting and he got a state business license and complied with all state and local laws. Then the DEA raided him and took him to federal court. At his trial, they were not allowed to tell the jury about state law, or about medical marijuana. They just talked about the volumes that he sold. They weren’t allowed to produce receipts that showed it was for medical use only, or even hint at the fact that this was legal under the laws of California. To the jury, it sounded like he was dealing drugs out of his backpack. They found him guilty and he is looking at spending the rest of his life in jail. (sentencing is in October)

I don’t really care about marijuana. If this were in one of the 35 states where medical marijuana isn’t legal, this would be unfortunate, but not a travesty. But this guy’s only crime is getting caught in the DEA’s vendetta against the state of California for allowing medical marijuana. (And since medical marijuana was passed by referendum, it’s a vendetta against the people of California, how fucked up is that?)

I’ve posted about it on my blog (http://therealsavoy.blogspot.com) and Sinn has as well (http://sinnsofattraction.blogspot.com). I’m going to include one para in my newsletter this weekend. Charles Lynch’s own site is www.friendsofccl.com.

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  1. Comment by Savoy on 7 September 2008:

    I really appreciate this. You’re the man.

  2. Comment by Ced on 8 September 2008:

    Good luck for that.

    But… what can we do about this? Do you have any “solution”?

  3. Comment by Ana Renee Jones on 8 September 2008:

    Thank you very much for posting this. It means a lot to me and to Charles C. Lynch. I appreciate all the responses we’re getting because of Savoy.

    Ced,

    I’ve come up with a list of how You can help Charles C. Lynch (this is also posted on Savoy’s blog, my blog and Charlie’s website):

    ~ We are planning a protest for 10/6 which is the next day Charlie will be in the Federal Courthouse in Downtown LA. Court support will start at 8am and rally will begin at 11am. The courthouse is located at 312 N. Spring Street, Los Angeles. Protesters are encouraged to bring acoustic instruments to the rally. WE NEED AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE TO ATTEND.

    ~ Email Charles*
    *http://www.friendsofccl.com/contact.htm

    ~ Donations*. Charles Lynch has been unable to find work since the DEA and Local Sheriffs department violently raided his home and business. If everyone donated a $1 that would be helpful. If people can afford more that’s great. I know one senior-citizen medical-cannabis patient who donated $50 because she knew she wasn’t going to be able to physical support as much as she wants to.
    *http://www.friendsofccl.com/donate.htm

    ~ Offer Charles a job. He’s a software engineer by trade and lives in San Luis Obispo county.

    ~ Write Judge Wu and plead for Charlie’s freedom. Supporters who wish to write a letter of support regarding sentencing should use the Letter salutation “Dear Judge Wu” and then send the letter to: Reuven Cohen Federal Public Defender at 321 East 2nd Street Los Angeles, CA 90012-4702. A sample outline can be found on Charlie’s website*. I’ve written 3 letters myself (I had 2 other patients sign one of those letters each). And I’m continuing to write letters.
    *http://www.friendsofccl.com/index.html

    ~contact the media to tell them about this story and let them know how you feel.

    ~contact your congress people. E-mail, phone, write, and visit your Senators and your House of Representatives. If you don’t know who your House of Representatives Congress member is go to http://www.house.gov and put your zip code +4 in the upper left-hand corner. if you don’t know who your Senators are go to http://www.senate.gov. You can even visit your congress member’s offices fairly close to your own home because they have satellite offices throughout their districts. Contacting Congress is vital because laws change in Congress and the only reason why the DEA and federal prosecutors are allowed to do what they’re doing is because of a federal law; that law needs to be changed.

    ~ Pray for Charlie’s freedom and for Judge Wu to use divine justice.

    ~ Spread the word about Charles C. Lynch and the protest. Talk to family, friends, associates, co-workers, classmates, schoolmates, roommates, lovers, anyone who will listen. Ask them what they think about the situation. If they don’t know that much, inform them. Forward this info to everyone on your email list. Repost this on facebook, myspace, craigslist, live journal, blogspot, and any other website or forum you frequent.

    ~ Thank those that have been fighting for justice in this situation.

    ~ Join organizations like Americans for Safe Access, Marijuana Policy Project, NORML, etc. These organizations are making changes in legislation so people like Charles C. Lynch do not have to suffer at the hands of the Federal government.

    LINKS to articles:
    ~http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-weed26-2008jul26,0,6418930.story

    ~http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-medpot5-2008aug05,0,2892714.story

    ~http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-pot6-2008aug06,0,516054.story

    ~http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/suncommentary/la-oe-yoshino17-2008aug17,0,6932017.story

    ~http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/health/2008/08/03/finnstrom.medical.marijuana.trial.cnn?iref=videosearch

    ~http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=93697469&m=93697443

    ~http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/ww/ww080806when_state_and_feder

    ~http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle_blog/2008/aug/05/dea_secures_another_medical_mari

  4. Comment by Charles on 8 September 2008:

    Thank you every body for your support. It is a great feeling to know that the people are there with me.
    Charles C. Lynch

  5. Comment by LMAO@PUAs on 8 September 2008:

    mmmmm….pot!

  6. Comment by Savoy on 9 September 2008:

    Yeah - Ced - head on over to his site - http://www.friendsofccl.com - there’s a whole list of things over there that you can do.

    Another good thing you can do is post in various placed and link to this post (which would be nice for Donovan for agreeing to put this up) and to Charles’ site above.

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