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"Pot Activist Sentenced To 10 Years For Growing 1,000 Plants"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the title of this interesting article reporting on a federal sentencing from California.  Here are some more details: A federal judge in San Francisco Monday sentenced a Lake County man to 10 years in prison for growing more than 1,000 marijuana plants, saying the marijuana activist appeared to "want to be a martyr for the cause." The sentence for Charles "Eddy" Lepp, 56, was the mandatory minimum under federal law for growing more than 1,000 plants. U.S. District Judge Marilyn Patel said Lepp didn't qualify for a so-called "safety valve" exception with a lesser sentence because he testified at his trial last fall that he was a proud leader of others who grew marijuana on his land. Patel told Lepp, "I think Mr. Lepp is very proud of what he's been doing...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on May 18, 2009 (boomark / email).