FALL 2012 VOLUME 1

The Lightbulb Newsletter

is produced by a group

of activists from Southern

California known best as The

Human Solution. THS advo-

cates for patients’ rights and

believes that no one should

go to jail for a plant. Our Court

and Prison Support Programs

help provide assistance to

non-violent cannabis defen-

dants and criminals through

the struggle for their freedom.

It shows that we stand in

solidarity against unjust laws

that punish good people. Few

realize that jurors cannot be

penalized for their decision not

to convict a defendant using

laws that they feel are unjust

or applied inappropriately to

the defendant. The concept is

called Jury Nullifi cation or Jury

Veto. We wear the green rib-

bon with the red cross to show

our support for medical can-

nabis patients and remind us

all to act on what we know is

right. We stand in solidarity to

show our peers that it matters.

Will you stand with us?

Jury Veto By: Stephanie Landa

Jury Nullifi cation or Jury Veto occurs

when a jury returns a verdict of “not guilty”

despite the belief that the defendant is or

may be guilty of the violation charged. By

these actions, the jury nullifi es a law that

it feels is either unjust or applied inap-

propriately to the defendant whose life

and liberty they hold in their grasp. Our

founding generations set forth the Bill of

Rights to protect the people from abuse

of power. The Sixth of those Amend-

ments to the Constitution affi rms that in

all criminal prosecutions, the defendant

will have a fair and speedy public trial by

an impartial jury of his peers. Thomas

Jefferson once said, “I consider trial by

jury as the only anchor yet imagined by

man by which a government can be held

to the principles of its constitutions.”

Judges today instruct many juries to

judge only the facts in a case; and take

direction on the points of law from them

directly. Yet even our founding fathers un-

derstood Jury Veto “…it is not only [the ju-

ror’s] right, but his duty, to fi nd the verdict

according to his own best understanding,

judgment and conscience, though in

direct opposition to the direction of the

court.” John Adams, 1771.

Jury Nullifi cation is a doctrine devel-

oped in response to a juror serving on

a case against William Penn and Wil-

liam Mead in 1670. The pair had been

arrested for illegally preaching a

Quaker sermon and disturbing the

peace. Four jurors refused to fi nd him

guilty despite the judge’s repeated

orders for further deliberation. After

pressure from the judge, the jury

found Penn guilty of only the fi rst

count and acquitted Mead. The Judge

imprisoned those jurors for three

days to force them to return a guilty

verdict, but again they refused. They

were then imprisoned for months

before invoking their Writ of Habeas

Corpus to Chief Justice Vaughan who

released them, calling the power to

punish a jury “absurd”. During the

prohibition of alcohol, juries nullifi ed

repeatedly likely contributing to the

21st amendment repealing alcohol

prohibition. In 1969 US vs Moylan,

courts recognized “the jury has the

power to acquit, and the courts must

abide by that decision.” In a handful of

cases this concept has been applied

to the costly war on drugs.

On June 18, 2012 Governor Lynch

of New Hampshire signed HB 146

which reads, “a Right of Accused. In

all criminal proceedings the court shall

permit the defense to inform the jury

of it’s right to judge the facts and the

application of the law in relation to

the facts in controversy.” Although the

law doesn’t go into effect until fi rst of

the year, it seems to be catching as a

59-year-old rastafarian by the name of

Doug Darrell was acquitted after being

charged for felony cultivation.

Jury Nullifi cation is an important albeit

small part in the overall legal structure

by which our country is governed. A

juror with a conscience is a defender

of the people; a freedom fi ghter. This

juror is one who educates themselves

and others about Jury Veto in order to

protect American citizens from unjust

convictions. The Human Solution

advocates for the rights of patients

because no one should go to jail for

a plant. For more information visit our

website at www.the-human-solution.

org or the Fully Informed Jury As-

sociation at www.fi ja.org .

Coming Events

OCT 1- Signature Collection

Kick-Off for Common Sense

Lake Elsinore

OCT 9- Rally for Aaron

Sandusky Trial

NOV 3- Can-Can Golf

Tournament Fundraiser

NOV 13- Rally for Joe

Grumbine Trial

NOV 17- Solidarity Games

See our website for more

information on these

events and more!

www.the-human-solution.org

OCT 27- Know Your Rights

Autumn Garden Summit

ACTION ALERT

FROM THE GULAG

By nature prison is a cold and

lonely place, and the injustice

of being locked up for a plant

as safe and therapeutic as

cannabis does not make that

loneliness any easier to bear.

Writing a letter to an inmate

lets that person know that there

are those of us out here who

remember and support them.

Sadly, mail in prison is rare and

many do not get any letters at

all. Longing for contact from

the outside world, every letter

is read and re-read in efforts

to hold onto those precous

connections to humanity and

freedom. By writing a letter

today you are showing your

support and brightening the day

of an inmate who shouldn’t be

incacerated for a plant. Paper-

back books and magazines are

always appreciated as well.

For more information about

The Human Solution and our

Prison Outreach Program visit

us online at www.the-human-

solution.org. Or visit us for more

information on how to locate

inmates and help Cannabis

POW’s with just a few moments

of your time. Take ACTion today

for a brighter future.

Excerpt from Letter: Dr. Molly

Fry a crime of compassion

November 8, 2011. “El Dorado

Sheriff came to our home two

years after California passed

the medical marijuana law. I had

breast cancer and my husband

Dale was growing medicine

for me. I was bald, struggling

to survive, surrounded by my

three small children in fear. As

I recovered my strength I knew

God was telling me to stand

up for others like myself so we

started a business to provide

legal documents to patients,

verifying that their doctor had

comfi rmed their illness and rec-

ommendation for marijuana for

medical use. This helped many.

Over the next several years,

juries in 25 trials found medical

patients “not guilty”. Millions of

Californians now have access

to medical marijuana and that

thought gives Dale and I both

peace of mind.”

Excerpt from Letter: Marc

Emery focus on the future

May 19, 2012. “Only 1,144 days

to go until my release date of

July 9, 2014. Reading books,

writing letters and keeping

busy. Sometimes I feel like that

movie, Groundhog Day. Trying

to stay healthy and active. Best

times are the change in routine

of visitation. Otherwise I count

down the weeks and months.

My transfer application to serve

my sentence in Canada was

refused by the DOJ despite the

fact that I qualifi ed under all 26

criteria. My sentencing judge

recommended my transfer and

I had 17 members of Parlia-

ment, 3 Mayors, 2 Legislators,

and 2 Councilors write to the

DOJ endorsing my transfer. I

just keep the future on my mind.

When I return, Jodi and I will

tour Canada, Europe, Australia,

New Zealand, India and Japan

to speak about cannabis.”

Excerpt from Letter: Tom

Kikuchi slave labor legal for

prisoners April 21, 2012. “Four

years ago today I got caught up

in the Bureau of prison’s slave

labor racket. Did you know that

slavery is still legal? If you read

the constitutional amendment

that abolished slavery, it makes

an exception in the case of

prisoners. The BOP takes full

advantage of this loophole by

making inmates do various jobs

maintaining the prisons. They

pay us a few cents per hour for

our troubles and toss us back in

cages when they are done.”

Excerpt from Visit: Brian Epis

jury veto is our main defense

September 20, 2012. “I would

like to request an important

favor from anyone reading this.

Please join Facebook Group

“Jury Nullifi cation!” at web ad-

dress below. After you join, I

would like you to add at least 10

of your friends. This is the main

tool we have to fi ght cannabis

prohibition right now. Jury Veto

can stop bad laws from hurting

good people. I have 266 days

Excerpt from Letter: Dale

Schafer on the development

of medical use August 3,

2011. “American citizens were

beginning to defend themselves

against state marijuana charges

on the principle of medical

necessity. In the mid-1960’s

researchers at Harvard Medical

School had discovered that

marijuana, as a side effect, low-

ered ocular pressure. Glaucoma

patients who were refractory to

conventional treatment, found

the eyesight saving benefi ts of

marijuana. Other patients, some

with the cooperation of the then

treating physicians discovered

the many medical benefi ts of

the cannabis plant.”

(38 weeks) to go. Please make

my day brighter by joining Jury

Nullifi cation Group at shortcut

http://on.fb.me/SwNUXF or look

for a link on the upcoming web-

site thelightbulbnews.com.

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