Marijuana Growers

Re “Activists Plead Guilty to Drug Charges,” Nov. 20:

By denying all effective avenues of defense to marijuana activists Todd McCormick and Peter McWilliams, U.S District Court Judge George H. King makes a public mockery of the justice system and its widely perceived view of fairness. Judge King may as well take this process to its preordained conclusion by saving the public expense of what will doubtless be a kangaroo trial and ordering the two defendants immediately arrested and jailed by default. One has to ponder which factors are at work to result in a judge making the (extraordinary) decision of essentially rendering his own courtroom redundant.

NIK GREEN

Isla Vista