Wim Moorlag

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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:	"Wim Moorlag was co-defendant of wife Klasiena Hooijer. 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
Information Source 1:	"Court asked to squash medical cannabis ruling, IOL (Cape Town, SA), October 18, 2006"
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Information Source 2:	"Patients can grow their own cannabis, says dutch court in landmark ruling, Dutch ANP, October 17, 2006"
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Wim Moorlag

Charge:

Drug Related (Possession or sale)

Sentence:

$320 fine

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2004

Year Cleared:

2006

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Netherlands

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Conviction reversed by appeals court.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

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

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"Patients can grow their own cannabis, says dutch court in landmark ruling, Dutch ANP, October 17, 2006"

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