Hawai'i's "Marijuana Minister" Roger Christie was arrested in Hilo, Hawai'i for possession and distribution of marijuana in July 2010, and he was held without bail or trial in Honolulu Federal Detention Center for more than two years.
Hawai'i State representative, Sam Slom (R), has submitted resolution 'SR 12' to release Roger Christie and initiate an investigation into this miscarriage of justice. Also, State Speaker of the House, Joseph Souki (D), has introduced legislation 'HB 150' to legalize recreational use of marijuana.
Young Americans for Liberty at UH-Manoa are helping the Hawaiian Libertarian Party to bring awareness around Roger Christie's case, and put pressure on elected officials to release Roger Christie and investigate why he was not allowed bail or a speedy trial for so long.
To assist in educating the public about Roger Christies's case we have created a flyer which directs people to a White House petition to release Roger Christie. We distributed hundreds of our flyers at the International Students for Liberty Conference this past weekend, with the goal of getting a flyer in the hands of John Stossel.
Please sign our petition to release Roger Christie.
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So did you get the flyer to Stossel?
Sorry, missed this reply (anyway we can get the blog to shoot us an email if someone replies to our post?). I did get some one-on-one Stossel time on the escalator of the Grand Hyatt during the ISFLC, but I decided it would be better to just give him the Jones Act flyer that I posted previous to this post. We also brought Stossel a flower lei from the islands, and our chapter president got the chance to give it to him as he was out the hotel. It was classic...
In regards to Roger Christie, he is still in federal detention, but there has been some movement around his case. I will do some research and repost soon.
Side note, our online petitions were pretty unsuccessful for a lot of reasons, but I like the idea of connecting flyers to online petitions using QR barcodes, I was wondering if anyone else thought this idea has potential? Or maybe just utilizing QR barcodes for all kinds of things. Many times I find that just handing out flyers to inform people on a certain issue isn't enough to get them involved because the problem is either too daunting, or getting involved is too much of an investment. My other thought is that online petitions are pretty much lazy activism that does little good. Any thoughts?