Helena, MT—A Cheshire County, New Hampshire jury convicted local marijuana and liberty activist Rich Paul today on five felony counts of victimless drug charges. Paul had disputed one of the charges on the facts and had openly pursued jury nullification on the other four charges, which involved the sale of small amounts of marijuana. The buyer turned out to be an FBI-paid informant who had entrapped Paul in exchange for leniency for his own heroin offense.
In 2012, New Hampshire passed HB 146, a fully informed jury bill, which guaranteed defendants the ability in court “to inform the jury of its right to judge the facts and the application of the law in relation to the facts in controversy.” The measure took effect on January 1 of this year.
While the defense did make the case for jury nullification, the judge undermined the intent of the law through misinformation in the instructions he issued to the jury. An attendee at the trial reported on the Free Keene Facebook page that, “Judge John C. Kissinger is reading jury instructions, where he is emphasizing the word “I” in his claim that the jury “must follow the law as *I* explain it”.” (more…)
A thirty-second television spot which gives another take on the upcoming series AKPF #1 is now available. Stay tuned for more on the cable access series which premieres Monday, May 13 at 7pm on Cheshire county’s channel 8.
Thanks to Marc Stevens‘ excellent motion to dismiss/strike that I modified and filed in my Antrim speeding ticket case, the regional prosecutor, Michael Beausoleil responded! In his response he actually makes the claim that I am “within the state” and simultaneously claims to be the state. The response I am sending out to Mr. Beausoleil tomorrow makes it clear that while it can be proven that I am within a geographic boundary commonly known as New Hampshire, Beausoleil has not proven that I am within the jurisdiction of the political state. It should be interesting to see if I get a response.
In addition to this series of interaction, I have also filed a request for discovery, motion to bypass the waste-of-time “pre trial conference”, (which is nothing more than a glorified plea deal )and also filed a motion for the court to acknowledge my long-established name change to Ian Freeman. Stay tuned here to Free Keene for updates.
As you may recall, on 2011-06-15, Tom Ball self-immolated out in front of the Cheshire County “Superior” Court – where many lives have been destroyed.
Recently, Dave Ridley had the opportunity to confront one of the bureaucrats involved with the family courts and did a great job: (You only need to watch the first two minutes. The rest is mostly Ridley walking around.)
Before Robin Hooding hit it big, there were years of various activists performing the good deeds. Here’s a flashback to 2012 in an heretofore unreleased (by chance) video of Jason Short of the Keene Police Department affirming that Robin Hooding is legal and also impressively shows his knowledge that he is supposed to take insults well as a police officer. Some cops are not too good at this, but Short is right, it is supposed to be legal to talk shit to a police officer, at least that’s my understanding as well regarding what courts have upheld. Not that anyone was doing any insulting of anyone else that day – I certainly don’t think that insults build bridges – I’d rather offer hugs.
What you don’t see in the video: Kate continues to the parking garage in hope of saving more motorists from the meter maid. In or near the garage, she reported that Uhas threatened her with arrest for “Disorderly Conduct”, intimidating her since she was all alone with him. 🙁
In an editorial piece, the Fully Informed Jury Association calls for a new trial for Rich Paul based on “superior” court judge John C. Kissinger’s biased jury instructions:
