government will retry prominent marijuana advocate

FEDERAL: Medical Marijuana Advocate to Be Retried Despite Ruling
Court observers predicted the government would abandon its case against
prominent medical marijuana advocate Ed Rosenthal once ASA Chief Counsel Joe
Elford convinced the judge in the case to dismiss all the new charges as
been vindictively motivated. When prosecutors said they were going forward,
the judge gave them a month to reconsider. Today, prosecutors said they had
thought it over and are proceeding to trial, even though they can get no
additional penalty with another conviction (the sentence having already been
served).

Determined Feds To Re-Try Oakland's 'Guru Of Ganja'
<http://www.safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=4527>
KTVU TV2 (San Francisco) <http://www.ktvu.com/news/11849078/detail.html>
Federal prosecutors said Friday they would retry marijuana grower Ed
Rosenthal on cultivation charges, even after a federal judge urged them to
drop the case and chastised the government for lodging charges solely to
punish the self-proclaimed "guru of ganja."

Feds will retry pot activist on cultivation charges
<http://www.safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=4526>
by Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle
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The government will retry a prominent marijuana advocate on cultivation
charges even though he faces no punishment if convicted, beyond the one day
in jail he's already served, a federal prosecutor said today.

Judge Sets Date for Second Rosenthal Marijuana Trial
<http://www.safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=4525>
Bay City News
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AL-TRIAL-SET/resources_bcn_html>
Assistant U.S. Attorney George Bevan told a federal judge today that
following "a thorough and careful review" he's decided to go forward with a
second trial of marijuana activist Ed Rosenthal on illegal marijuana
cultivation charges.

Federal prosecutors will retry Oakland, Calif., marijuana grower known as
the 'ganja guru' <http://www.safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=4524>
by Paul Elias, Associated Press
<http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20070413-1537-potking.html>
Federal prosecutors said Friday they would retry a marijuana grower known as
the “guru of ganja,” even after a judge urged them to drop the case.