Case No. 77: Woody Harrelson

In 1996, this TV-bartender-turned-movie-star was arrested in Kentucky for planting exactly four hemp seeds — on purpose, in front of cameras he invited.

The full story

Woody Harrelson deliberately planted four hemp seeds in Lee County, Kentucky in 1996 to challenge a state law equating hemp with marijuana, and was acquitted by a jury in 2000 after about 25 minutes of deliberation.

The clues we handed out

— It was a deliberate protest against a state law that treated hemp as marijuana.

— Four years later a jury acquitted him in under half an hour.

— He poured drinks at a Boston bar where everybody knows your name.

— In True Detective, his partner was the naked-bongos guy. Small world.

— Initials: W.H.

How this case played

ALLEGEDLY* edition No. 77. Three strikes to name Woody Harrelson, with a free clue unlocked after every miss.

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