Federal Justice Officials Ignore Questions About Hawaii Pot Minister

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Honolulu Federal Detention Center - Civil Beat

Federal Justice Officials Ignore Questions About Hawaii Pot Minister
By Chad Blair 12/14/2011
Civil Beat

Transparency is a hallmark of the American justice system, a characteristic that — Guantánamo aside — sets us apart from many other societies.

But journalists doing stories on terror suspects might have more success in obtaining information about those cases than Civil Beat has had in the case of Roger Christie, the Hilo marijuana minister awaiting trial on federal drug charges.

Christie ran a THC Ministry in Hilo for a decade before being arrested July 8, 2010, on federal charges of conspiring to manufacture, distribute and possess marijuana. Since then, he has spent his time awaiting trial in the beige stone Honolulu Federal Detention Center.

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Christie's fiancée, Share St. Cyr, told me that only blood relatives could visit him at the Honolulu detention center, although she has been allowed to email Christie and speak with him on the phone. I have no way of knowing if that's true, since neither the federal attorney, his federal defender or prison officials will call me back.

http://www.civilbeat.com/articles/2011/12/14/14195-federal-justice-officials-ignore-questions-about-hawaii-pot-minister/

Roger Christie is set to go to trial February 28, 2012. I don't think this will end well. Lesson: don't piss off the feds