New Jersey: Preemptive Pardon Please

Sen. Nicholas Scutari and state Sen. Raymond Lesniak are calling on the Governor Jon S. Corzine to grant clemency to one John Ray Wilson, who has yet to be tried and convicted. Wilson has been charged with growing marijuana in order to ease the pain of multiple sclerosis. The lawmakers call the prosecution of Wilson a "severe, inappropriate, discompassionate and inhumane application of the letter of the law." Read about the potentially harsh sentences Wilson faces in the full story here.