(Posted By: Josi Creek)
This is a follow up to a story posted earlier this month.
Two state lawmakers called on Gov. Chris Christie today to pardon a Somerset County man sentenced to five years in prison for growing marijuana to treat his multiple sclerosis and commute his sentence to probation.
Senators Raymond Lesniak (D-Union) and Nicholas Scutari (D-Union) described the prison term facing John Ray Wilson as "cruel, unusual and unnecessary" in a letter written to the governor today. Wilson, 37, of Franklin Township, was sentenced to five years in prison last week after he was found guilty of second-degree manufacturing and third-degree drug possession by a jury in December.
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