Amish Man Sentenced To Six Years In Prison For Not Seeking FDA Approval

[donnay]

Amish Man Sentenced To Six Years In Prison For Not Seeking FDA Approval

July 3, 2017 at 8:52 am
Written by Anti-Media Team

Kentucky — “I am not a creation of state/government, as such I am not within its jurisdiction.”

Those words were written by Samuel Girod in a document filed in a Kentucky federal court in June. Girod is an Amish farmer who was convicted in March of selling herbal health products that, as reported by the Lexington Herald-Leader on Friday, “were not adequately labeled as required by federal law.”

According to the government, the Amish man broke the law by growing, processing, and bringing to market his own herbal supplements without FDA approval. US News reported that Girod manufactured salves and skin treatments, one of which the FDA claims could be harmful to the skin. He also claimed one extract could help cure cancer, which the FDA disputed. In 2013, Giron ignored orders from the FDA to stop selling his products.

Nevertheless, he rejected the notion that he deserved six years in prison for being at odds with the federal agency (which, itself, approves numerous dangerous drugs).

“I do not waive my immunity to this court,” Girod, who represented himself during the trial, told Judge Danny Reeves during his sentencing hearing early Friday morning. “I do not consent,” he added, emphasizing the fact he according to his faith, he doesn’t recognize the authority of the court — only that of his higher power.

Judge Reeves then sentenced Girod to six years in prison.

“They created a felon today out of a good, law-abiding citizen,” said Arizona sheriff and civil rights activist Richard Mack following the sentencing. Mack, along with a group of Girod supporters, had gathered outside the Kentucky courthouse Friday morning to await Judge Reeves’ ruling.

“This is a national disgrace and outrage. He is being punished for being stubborn,” Mack stated, adding that he and other activists will press President Donald Trump to issue Girod a pardon.

Samuel Girod’s “stubbornness” was also on Judge Reeves’ mind on Friday. Reeves said the Kentucky farmer brought all the trouble on himself “because he steadfastly refused to follow the law.”

Remarking on the severity of a sentence for selling simple plant-based remedies, Michael Fox, who served as a standby attorney for Girod, pointed out Friday that the punishment for this individual will be harsher than it would be for others:

“Keep in mind that Sam Girod is Amish. He does not live with electricity, phones, concrete, steel. Those are not normal; those are not natural in his life. An incarceration in a prison setting is going to be more punishment for him than a normal person.”

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[Schifference]

Religious beliefs should not be a factor.

 

[Created4]

Kentucky Amish Grandfather Sentenced to 6 Years for Sales of Chickweed Salve Not Approved by FDA

Earlier in March 2017, much to supporters’ bewilderment, a jury found Sam Girod of Bath County, Kentucky, guilty on 13 different counts because he failed to register his homemade herbal Chickweed Salve with the FDA , and because he sold it across state lines.

On June 30, 2017, Judge Reeves sentenced Sam Girod to six years in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised probation, over $14,000 in fines, plus an additional fine of $1,300 in assessment fees, a sentence harsher than most drug dealers receive, say supporters, regardless of the fact that the salve contains no illegal substances (drugs) and has not injured anyone.

Protesters outside the court carried signs saying “Free Sam. No Drugs. No Victims. Where's Justice.” and “I don’t need the FDA to protect me from an Amish farmer.”

Full Story.

 

[Ender]

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This is so not right.

 

[sparebulb]

Evidently, the ass-backwards Amish Bible doesn't have Romans 13 in it.

Maybe the State will give him a copy of their bible that he can study for the next six years.

Here's to you, Texican.

 

[Origanalist]

Religious beliefs should not be a factor.

So, what's your point? Even if he claimed the great god of spaghetti as his ultimate authority the ruling is still unjust.

 

[Created4]

So, what's your point? Even if he claimed the great god of spaghetti as his ultimate authority the ruling is still unjust.

Exactly. This really has nothing to do with freedom of religion. The FDA routinely suppresses information and products not "approved" by them, and if you sue them in court for violation of your civil rights, most of the time you can win as FDA laws are not laws passed by Congress, and they continually violate the Constitution.

But most cannot afford the attorneys who know how to fight, and defeat, the FDA in court.

In this case, a jury trial probably did NOT help his cause, as most of the public is brainwashed into thinking the FDA actually exists to protect the public.

 

[AZJoe]

It is about time government came in and protected us from the Amish and their crazy all natural products. Whew!! Government knows we cannot possibly decide such things for ourselves. Thank Government for the government limiting our choices to chemical concoctions by Procter and Gamble, Loreal, Johnson and Johnson, Merck, Bayer, etc. ...

 

[donnay]

It is about time government came in and protected us from the Amish and their crazy all natural products. Whew!! Government knows we cannot possibly decide such things for ourselves. Thank Government for the government limiting our choices to chemical concoctions by Procter and Gamble, Loreal, Johnson and Johnson, Merck, Bayer, etc. ...

Indeed, indeed. Without government we would all be sick and dying.

 

[Dr.3D]

Don't be caught selling oranges as a cure for scurvy either.

 

[donnay]

Don't be caught selling oranges as a cure for scurvy either.

That's the rub...the mundanes cannot say "cure," but BIG pHARMa can and the FDA protects them.

 

[ChristianAnarchist]

Goons gonna goon...

 

[Origanalist]

Don't be caught selling oranges as a cure for scurvy either.

And whatever you do, don't sell tomatoes for the same thing.

 

[Schifference]

That's the rub...the mundanes cannot say "cure," but BIG pHARMa can and the FDA protects them.

Big Pharma shy's away from cures. Their market and claim is more in treatment.

 

[donnay]

Big Pharma shy's away from cures. Their market and claim is more in treatment.

Could Vaccines Be the Cure for Cancer?
http://www.everydayhealth.com/sanjay-gupta/lymphoma/could-vaccines-cure-cancer/

New Israeli Cancer Vaccine May Cure 90% of All Cancer Types in One Shoot
http://jewtube.tv/innovation/new-israeli-cancer-vaccine-may-work-90-cancer-types/

Will we soon have a jab for prostate cancer? Experts unveil a vaccine that could provide a cure for the disease
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...-cancer-vaccine-provide-cure-study-finds.html

Measles Vaccine Cures Woman Of Cancer
http://time.com/103163/measles-vaccine-cures-woman-of-cancer/

 

[Schifference]

Could Vaccines Be the Cure for Cancer?
http://www.everydayhealth.com/sanjay-gupta/lymphoma/could-vaccines-cure-cancer/

New Israeli Cancer Vaccine May Cure 90% of All Cancer Types in One Shoot
http://jewtube.tv/innovation/new-israeli-cancer-vaccine-may-work-90-cancer-types/

Will we soon have a jab for prostate cancer? Experts unveil a vaccine that could provide a cure for the disease
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...-cancer-vaccine-provide-cure-study-finds.html

Measles Vaccine Cures Woman Of Cancer
http://time.com/103163/measles-vaccine-cures-woman-of-cancer/

Thanks for the enlightenment!

 

[unknown]

A million people should have shown up outside that courthouse.

 

[oyarde]

A million people should have shown up outside that courthouse.

Wat kind of fuckin jury is tat ? Makes me certain to not be in court

 

[Anti Globalist]

FDA approval means absolute dogshit. There's a list of products that were FDA approved and then years later the FDA would come out and say those products need to be removed from the market because they were hazardous to people's health.