Hawaii Pot Minister Locked Up, Feds Won’t Answer Questions About It

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Transparency is a hallmark of the American justice system. We’re used to having criminal cases play out in the open.

But that has not been the case for Roger Christie, the Hilo marijuana minister awaiting trial on federal drug charges. Chad Blair reports.

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