Politech: "NJWeedman.com" targets NJ law requiring DNA samples from convicts [priv]

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

[Looks like Ed Forchion also goes by the name NJWeedman.com. --Declan]


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Subject: DNA CASE:
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 09:45:26 -0700 (PDT)
From: ED FORCHION - U.S. DISSIDENT <njweedman () yahoo com>
Reply-To: njweedman () yahoo com
To: declan () well com

THE GOVERNMENT WANTS MY DNA!
"Because I have a marijuana conviction!"

I'm refusing to give the State of New Jersey a DNA sample, when I wrote 
a letter to the Gov telling him to 
"[url=http://www.njweedman.com/dna_sample_refusal.htm]"KISS MY ASS and 
RETREIVE THE DNA FROM HIS LIPS[/url]" I was indicted!. I'll probably be 
going on trial in Sept for contempt. I plan on openly advocating to the 
Jury that the law itself is wrong for trying to make me in compliance 
with a law that was created 3 years after I was convicted. It is clearly 
a "EX POST FACTO" law. I will be presenting a DEFENSE that the law is 
wrong and not I. I call my defense OPEN ADVOCATION of JURY NULLIFICATION.
You can see more details of this DNA fight here:
http://www.njweedman.com/dna.htm
You can also read about my 2000 conviction here:
http://www.njweedman.com/trialcoverage.html

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[B]Forchion objects to giving DNA sample[/B]
[I]Friday, July 23, 2004
By RENEE WINKLER
Courier-Post Staff
CAMDEN [/I]
An advocate of legalized marijuana continued his fight Thursday against 
a state law requiring him to provide a DNA sample as a condition of his 
probation.
Wearing a T-shirt showing marijuana plants superimposed on an American 
flag, R. Edward Forchion said the law, which requires anyone convicted 
of a felony to provide a DNA sample, violates his privacy.
In addition, said public defender James Klein, the law became effective 
after Forchion's guilty plea in 2000 to possession of 25 pounds of 
marijuana.
DNA samples are sent to a national database, the Combined Organized DNA 
Index System.
Until legislation was passed in New Jersey in September 2003, DNA 
samples were taken only from sex offenders.
Superior Court Judge Robert G. Millenky said he will rule on Forchion's 
challenge after reviewing briefs from Klein and Assistant Camden County 
Prosecutor John T. Wynne Jr.
Forchion was charged with criminal contempt after he refused to give the 
sample.
Providing the saliva sample is "not an onerous burden on someone," said 
Wynne. "It's one of the things that happens to you when you commit a crime.
"If I come into this building, I submit to a search," by sheriff's 
officers manning a security desk at the Hall of Justice.
"But they don't go into your mouth," responded Millenky. "People 
convicted of crimes still have some rights."
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Reach Renee Winkler at (856) 486-2455 or 
[email]rwinkler () courierpostonline com[/email]
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