NORML Blog » Blog Archive » Snapshots from Boston: Update on Commonwealth v. Cusick and Stroup
NORML Founder and Legal Counsel Keith Stroup dishes the latest on his court case, where he and High Times’ Rick Cusick are being prosecuted for smoking a joint on the Boston Common during the 2007 Freedom Rally.

More video from Rick Cusick, Dr. Lester Grinspoon, and Steve Epstein follow after the jump…

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NORML Blog » Blog Archive » High Times Publisher and NORML Founder Mount Legal Challenge to Massachusetts Pot Laws!
On Saturday, September 15, 2007, NORML Founder Keith Stroup and High Times associate publisher Rick Cusick were arrested for smoking a joint at the 18th annual Boston Freedom Rally on the Boston Common. This is an event held each year to protest the continued arrest of responsible cannabis consumers in that state, and depending on the weather, it attracts from 15,000 to 50,000 supporters to the Common.

Keith and Rick have candidly acknowledged that they were sharing a joint, but they have pleaded not guilty and announced their intentions to challenge the constitutionality of the Massachusetts marijuana laws, and to argue for a jury instruction informing the jurors of their common law power to refuse to convict an individual, if they do not believe the offense should be a criminal matter. This long-held power of jurors is generally called jury nullification.

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