Kettle Falls Five

The Kettle Falls Five is a name given to five defendants who were charged with five federal criminal counts to cultivate and distribute cannabis near Kettle Falls in eastern Washington. The prosecution became the subject of criticism from drug reform advocates who lamented that at least one of the defendants, cancer patient Larry Harvey, was not permitted to argue his medical need for the plant in court. Despite this handicap, the defendants were acquitted of 4 out of 5 counts in federal court in Spokane, Washington on March 3, 2015.^[1]

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