Rev. Jesse Jackson Tells Ohio Court of Appeals He’s Committed to Getting Dr. Nucklos Another Trial ‘By An Impartial Jury’

Jesse Jackson Committed to Getting Dr. Nucklos Another Trial “By An Impartial Jury” (full text) Press Release; Pain Relief Network; 2006-05-04.

Excerpt: “[The] Rev. Jackson did not think Dr. Nucklos was fairly treated and [is] demanding to know, ‘Is justice really being served?,’ and announcing his commitment to ’seeing William Nucklos granted a new trial, judged by an impartial jury and presided over by an impartial judge.’”

Comment (John Flannery - see link below): “We objected in our papers and at oral argument that the trial court had failed to act on our bail application, that jury selection was racially discriminatory, that the evidence was insufficient, that the prosecutor had offered prejudicial and inflammatory evidence that should have been excluded, that the instructions were in error, as they criminalized Dr. Nucklos’s treatment of chronic non malignant pain because the state prosecutor has a policy of intolerance for any opioid medicine.”

See also: Court Releases Nucklos Pending Appeal (PDF) - John Flannery, attorney for Dr. Nucklos’ appeal, from a memo to a pain advocacy listServ; 2006.

Nucklos Freed on Bail Appealing Drug Trafficking Conviction - Drug War Chronicle #430; 2006. (links to stopthedrugwar.org)

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