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Thunder Rector?s trouble began on June 30th, 2005, when agents searched his home in Modesto, CA, and confiscated approximately 233 pounds of marijuana. The majority of this amount was stems and leaves, which Rector considered unusable, but the U.S. Attorney charged him with it nonetheless. In state court, he might have had the protection of California?s medical marijuana laws, but his status as a qualified patient had no bearing in federal court. His religious defense also fell flat, and the prosecution went forward in spite of hearings about his religious use. In April 2007, the defense counsel worked out a deal with the federal prosecutor, setting the amount of marijuana seized at less than 100 kilograms. Rector pled guilty to possessing this amount, and at a hearing in October 2007, convinced the judge to sentence him below the mandatory minimum. Rector was given a 24-month sentence, which he would begin serving on May 1st, 2008, after helping his father recover from triple-bypass heart surgery. However, Thunder was taken back into custody in November 2007 for failing a court-ordered drug test, and he is currently being held here:
THUNDER RECTOR 62356-097
USP LOMPOC
3901 KLEIN BLVD
LOMPOC, CA 93436
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Thunder Rector
