AN 'EXAMPLE'

Editor -- Regarding "Feds plan to retry marijuana advocate" (March 17):

So Ed Rosenthal, who has been convicted, sentenced (and served) one
day in jail for a marijuana offense, is going to be retried by
federal prosecutor George Bevan even though there is no possibility
of further jail time. Why? What is the point?

Is it because Bevan's prosecutorial ego is so inflamed due to Judge
Breyer's ruling that additional charges against Rosenthal were
"illegal" that he is blinded by resentment and vindictiveness? Is it
because his office has nothing better to do? Are there no bank fraud,
identity theft, heroin/methamphetamine cases, murders or terrorist
threats to pursue?

Millions of dollars have been wasted on marijuana persecution and
prosecution over the last few decades. How much longer will the
American people tolerate such topsy-turvy priorities?

Rather than trying to make Rosenthal an "example," Bevan should be
made an "example" and be fired from his position as a federal prosecutor.

WILLIAM HALL

San Francisco