Ethics

Obama Refuses to Help Charlie Lynch

By Ed Brayton

Last month the federal judge in the trial of Charlie Lynch, who was convicted of running a medical marijuana dispensary that was in full compliance with state and local law, asked the DOJ to weigh in before he sentenced Lynch. I said at the time that it sounded like the judge was looking for a little political cover to give Lynch a particularly light sentence. Unfortunately, the Obama DOJ has decided to let Lynch go down in flames.

The response brief they filed to the court's inquiries is an appalling document. Not only do they not think Lynch should get a light sentence, they proclaim that his conviction is entirely in line with the new administration's policy on medical marijuana:

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on April 22, 2009 (boomark / email).