Keep Charlo Greene out of prison
The Issue
Alaskan reporter Charlo Greene (owner of the 'Alaska Cannabis Club',) who publicly quit her job at KTVA on live television to focus on legalizing marijuana; is now facing 54 years in prison for allegedly running an illegal marijuana shop. She has pleaded not guilty to multiple charges, including "misconduct involving a controlled substance."
A spokesperson for the Alaska attorney general's office told the outlet she's facing 14 offenses for running the Alaska Cannabis Club.
The club was created six months before the state voted to legalize the manufacture, sale and possession of marijuana in 2015.
Well, two years later, Charlo Greene is now facing 54 years in prison for allegedly running an illegal marijuana shop.
According to a report from The Guardian out last week, the former KTVA reporter has pleaded not guilty to multiple charges, including "misconduct involving a controlled substance."
A spokesperson for the Alaska attorney general's office told the outlet she's facing 14 offenses for running the Alaska Cannabis Club.
The club was created six months before the state voted to legalize the manufacture, sale and possession of marijuana in 2015.
So it let people to buy "memberships" and make "donations" in exchange for pot when it wasn't legal to do so.
Authorities conducted several raids and undercover operations at the Alaska Cannabis Club. Greene wasn't directly involved in any of them.
But she's being charged because it's registered under her name.
In a blog post, Greene called the charges against her "a modern day lynching."
And she told Complex in an interview last week, "It feels like I'm in this alone and it shouldn't. I'm supposed to be part of this huge community and it doesn't feel like it."
Greene's trial is expected to start in the coming months.
Not only should NO ONE end up in jail or prison for marijuana related charges but someone who has risked their livelihood for the cause and who has actively worked so hard to bring the medical and practical benefits of marijuana to the public to end up in jail, is a slap in the face to every One of us, who have poured our blood, sweat, and tears into the cause.
sign this petition to keep Charlo Greene out of jail, end the modern day prohibition, and keep our cannabis dream alive. Don't let this brave woman feel that the cannabis community has forgotten her!
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The Issue
Alaskan reporter Charlo Greene (owner of the 'Alaska Cannabis Club',) who publicly quit her job at KTVA on live television to focus on legalizing marijuana; is now facing 54 years in prison for allegedly running an illegal marijuana shop. She has pleaded not guilty to multiple charges, including "misconduct involving a controlled substance."
A spokesperson for the Alaska attorney general's office told the outlet she's facing 14 offenses for running the Alaska Cannabis Club.
The club was created six months before the state voted to legalize the manufacture, sale and possession of marijuana in 2015.
Well, two years later, Charlo Greene is now facing 54 years in prison for allegedly running an illegal marijuana shop.
According to a report from The Guardian out last week, the former KTVA reporter has pleaded not guilty to multiple charges, including "misconduct involving a controlled substance."
A spokesperson for the Alaska attorney general's office told the outlet she's facing 14 offenses for running the Alaska Cannabis Club.
The club was created six months before the state voted to legalize the manufacture, sale and possession of marijuana in 2015.
So it let people to buy "memberships" and make "donations" in exchange for pot when it wasn't legal to do so.
Authorities conducted several raids and undercover operations at the Alaska Cannabis Club. Greene wasn't directly involved in any of them.
But she's being charged because it's registered under her name.
In a blog post, Greene called the charges against her "a modern day lynching."
And she told Complex in an interview last week, "It feels like I'm in this alone and it shouldn't. I'm supposed to be part of this huge community and it doesn't feel like it."
Greene's trial is expected to start in the coming months.
Not only should NO ONE end up in jail or prison for marijuana related charges but someone who has risked their livelihood for the cause and who has actively worked so hard to bring the medical and practical benefits of marijuana to the public to end up in jail, is a slap in the face to every One of us, who have poured our blood, sweat, and tears into the cause.
sign this petition to keep Charlo Greene out of jail, end the modern day prohibition, and keep our cannabis dream alive. Don't let this brave woman feel that the cannabis community has forgotten her!
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Petition created on October 18, 2016