Robert Edward "Ed" Forchion Jr. (born July 23, 1964), also known as
NJWeedman, is an American Rastafari cannabis rights and free speech
activist, frequent candidate for public office, actor, writer, and
restaurateur. He is the founder of the Legalize Marijuana Party.A
resident of New Jersey and California, he is a registered medical
cannabis user. He has been arrested and convicted for some of his
activities and has mounted various legal defenses and challenges to
laws regarding cannabis.After his last arrest the state of New Jersey
filed a motion on March 7, 2017, for pretrial detention to incarcerate
Forchion until trial. Forchion held a hunger strike for nearly two
weeks while being held without bail, calling himself a political
prisoner. The trial began October 26, 2017. On November 8, the jury
found him not guilty of one charge of second-degree witness tampering,
and was hung on another charge in the third degree. In January 2018,
he was again denied bail, pending a re-trial. His appeal to being
denied bail and being released was denied in February 2018. In May
2018, in the second trial, he was acquitted by a jury on charges of
witness tampering. He had spent 447 days in jail.
NJWeedman, is an American Rastafari cannabis rights and free speech
activist, frequent candidate for public office, actor, writer, and
restaurateur. He is the founder of the Legalize Marijuana Party.A
resident of New Jersey and California, he is a registered medical
cannabis user. He has been arrested and convicted for some of his
activities and has mounted various legal defenses and challenges to
laws regarding cannabis.After his last arrest the state of New Jersey
filed a motion on March 7, 2017, for pretrial detention to incarcerate
Forchion until trial. Forchion held a hunger strike for nearly two
weeks while being held without bail, calling himself a political
prisoner. The trial began October 26, 2017. On November 8, the jury
found him not guilty of one charge of second-degree witness tampering,
and was hung on another charge in the third degree. In January 2018,
he was again denied bail, pending a re-trial. His appeal to being
denied bail and being released was denied in February 2018. In May
2018, in the second trial, he was acquitted by a jury on charges of
witness tampering. He had spent 447 days in jail.
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