Filner Urges ‘Jury Nullification’ In Medical Pot Dispensary Case

San Diego Mayor Bob Filner has injected himself into a
federal criminal case against the operator of a medical marijuana
dispensary, intensifying his standoff with federal prosecutors on
cannabis enforcement issues.

Timeline: Medicial Marijuana in San Diego

Filner’s urging jurors who’ll be
chosen for the trial to reject federal law in favor of state statutes
under a centuries-old legal concept known as