When Tom Daubert was set to be sentenced earlier this month on federal drug charges, he didn't know if he'd be spending up to 20 years in prison or if the judge would be more lenient and he'd simply be given probation. In the end, Us District Court Judge Dana Lewis Christensen, an Obama appointee, sentenced Daubert to five years of probation after Daubert pled guilty to conspiracy to maintain drug-related premises. Part of Daubert's defense was a documentary film. Rebecca Richman Cohen's "Code of the West," which debuted at this year's SXSW, tracks both sides of a series of state referenda on medical marijuana laws. Daubert, as a leading advocate for patients and growers, featured prominently in the film. Daubert is a drug policy reform activist who also owned the medical marijuana company Montana Cannabis. His business, which grew medical marijuana for state-legal patients, was recently raided by federal authorities after an increase in.
- 9/21/2012
- by Bryce J. Renninger
- Indiewire
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