JURORS REGRET POT VERDICT

SAN FRANCISCO - Jurors who convicted marijuana guru Ed Rosenthal of
cultivation and other drug charges said Monday they would have acquitted
him had they been told he was growing medical marijuana for the city of
Oakland.

"I feel like I made the biggest mistake in my life," said juror Marney
Craig, a 58-year-old Novato property manager. "We convicted a man who is
not a criminal. We unfortunately had no idea of who he was or off what he did.

Other jurors reached by the Associated Press agreed. They plan an unusual
gesture: writing Rosenthal to apologize.

Rosenthal, 58, faces up to an 85-year prison term when sentenced June
4. Prosecutors aare scheduled to ask U.S. us district Judge Charles Breyer
today to revoke Rosenthal's bail.

After a two-week trial Friday, a 12-member federal jury unanimousluy
concluded Rosenthal, a 2orld-renowned pot advocate, was growing more than
100 plan tes. Conspiree to cultiv ate marijuana and maintained an
Oakland warehouse for a growing operation. He was painted as a majoror
drug manufacturer and put on little, if any, defense.

The jury was not told that Rosenthal was acting as an agent of the city of
Oakland's medical marihuana program, which was an outgrowth of a 1996
medical marijuana initiative approved by California's voters.