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Klasiena Hooijer

 

Charge:

Drug Related (Possession or sale)

Sentence:

$320 fine

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Year Convicted:

2004

Year Cleared:

2006

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Netherlands

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Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

"Klasiena Hooijer was co-defendant of her husband Wim Moorlag. Convicted of violating drug law by growing cannibis to relieve symptom's of Wim's MS. Fined €250 (about $320). Conviction reversed by appeals court, when "the court ruled that the personal interests of Moorlag to alleviate pain connected with his disease overrides the public interest in banning the cultivation of cannabis." IOL"

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Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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"Court asked to squash medical cannabis ruling, IOL (Cape Town, SA), October 18, 2006"

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