Editing Ed Rosenthal (section)

==Legal battles==
In 2002, federal agents arrested Rosenthal, who previously had been deputized by the City of Oakland to grow marijuana for medical use.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 30, 2007 |title=Acquittal and Conviction but No Jail Time for Ed Rosenthal |url=https://www.safeaccessnow.org/acquittal_and_conviction_but_no_jail_time_for_ed_rosenthal |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=Americans for Safe Access |language=en}}</ref> He was convicted, and some of the jurors denounced their own verdict after they learned Rosenthal was acting as an agent of the City of Oakland, a fact that had been withheld from them during the trial.<ref>{{citation|title=Jurors in Pot Case Decry Their Own Verdict|author=David Kravets|publisher=Associated Press|date=February 3, 2003}}</ref> In a surprise setback for the federal government, Rosenthal was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge [[Charles R. Breyer|Charles Breyer]] to only one day in prison; time already served. In 2006, the 9th Circuit Appeals Court subsequently overturned Rosenthal's conviction.  Months later, the U.S. Attorney's office re-indicted him. Although the judge had promised to sentence Rosenthal to no additional prison time, a new trial commenced on 14 May 2007.

On 31 May 2007, it was announced that Rosenthal had been convicted again on three of the five charges against him: one conspiracy count; one count of cultivation, intending to distribute and distributing marijuana; and one count of using a commercial building as a site for growing and distributing marijuana.  He was acquitted of growing and distributing marijuana at the Harm Reduction Center medical-marijuana club in San Francisco.  The jury deadlocked on whether he had conspired to grow and distribute marijuana at the Harm Reduction Center.  Judge Breyer once again prohibited Rosenthal's lawyers from arguing before the jury that his work was sanctioned by Oakland government officials, a main point of contention for the jurors of the previous trial.  Ed Rosenthal did not receive any additional jail time and planned to appeal.<ref>"[http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2007/09/10/ed-rosenthal-marijuana-martyr/ Marijuana Martyr: Big Man of Buds]". 2007-09-10. Retrieved on 2007-09-10.</ref><ref name=emef>"[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,276532,00.html Guru of Ganja convicted on Marijuana Charges] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070531053426/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,276532,00.html |date=May 31, 2007 }}". [[Associated Press]] (published on [[Fox News]]). 2007-05-30. Retrieved on 2007-08-11. ()</ref>