August 6, 2008 1:13PM 

# Criminal Law Perverted 

By [Tim Lynch](https://www.cato.org/people/tim-lynch) 

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Federal prosecutors are patting themselves on the back for branding Charles Lynch (no relation) as a criminal that must be locked up for five years. Charles Lynch ran a medical marijuana dispensary in California. Reason’s Nick Gillespie has the outrageous details [here](http://www.reason.com/blog/show/127940.html).

For related Cato work, go [here](https://www.cato.org/2006/05/09/jury-independence/#more-92) and [here](https://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=6316).

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