John Ray Wilson was arrested in Franklin Township New Jersey when a National Guard helicopter made a fly by over his house and spotted marijuana growing in his yard. Wilson was unable to inform the jury of his medical condition during his sentencing and was ultimately put in prison for five years last January. While New Jersey has passed provisions in the books allowing for sufferers of chronic illnesses such as MS and cancer to use medical marijuana, no real system has been put in place to allow these patients to get the medicine they require. Governor Christie has denied clemency to Wilson and has questioned if Wilson even has MS, despite the fact that Wilson's doctor along with neurologists who studied Wilson agree with a high level of certainty that he is a sufferer of multiple sclerosis. Politicians should not be allowed to put their own personal convictions ahead of the needs of their citizens, and their opinions should not be stronger than those of experts in their respective fields. Christie has no medical degree, he should leave medicine to the professionals and work to arrest real criminals in the state of New Jersey such as murderers and rapists.