Charles Edward Lepp is a Vietnam War veteran who is currently serving a 10 year sentence for the crime of 'conspiracy and cultivation with the intent to distribute marijuana'. Lepp was convicted in September 2008. His lawyer, Michael Hinckley, had argued for a lesser sentence, but Judge Patel said the 10-year term was mandatory because the evidence showed Lepp led the operation and supervised others.

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  • Charles Edward Lepp is a Vietnam War veteran who is currently serving a 10 year sentence for the crime of 'conspiracy and cultivation with the intent to distribute marijuana'. Lepp was convicted in September 2008. His lawyer, Michael Hinckley, had argued for a lesser sentence, but Judge Patel said the 10-year term was mandatory because the evidence showed Lepp led the operation and supervised others. Lepp surrendered himself to incarceration on July 6, 2009 at Lompoc Federal Prison in California. Marijuana legalization advocates denounced Lepp’s prison sentence. “Locking up Eddy Lepp serves no purpose and is a huge waste of life and scarce prison space,” said Aaron Smith, California policy director of the Marijuana Policy Project. “The community would be a lot better served if we taxed and regulated California’s $14 billion marijuana industry rather than continuing to incarcerate non-violent people like Eddy, who are clearly of no danger to society. ”
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  • Charles Edward Lepp is a Vietnam War veteran who is currently serving a 10 year sentence for the crime of 'conspiracy and cultivation with the intent to distribute marijuana'. Lepp was convicted in September 2008. His lawyer, Michael Hinckley, had argued for a lesser sentence, but Judge Patel said the 10-year term was mandatory because the evidence showed Lepp led the operation and supervised others.
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  • Eddy Lepp
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