Marc Emery Gets Five Years in Prison

edge · Post by **edge** » Tue Sep 14, 2010 5:57 pm

by Joseph Klare [contact]
Mon, Sep 13, 2010 4:39 pm

The "Prince of Pot," Marc Emery, has been sentenced to five years in United States prison under the terms of his plea agreement.

Marc was given his sentence in a federal courthouse in Seattle, WA on Friday. Arrested by Vancouver police in 2005 at the behest of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Marc was accused by U.S. authorities of being one of the foremost drug dealers in the world because of his pot seed-selling business.

After years of fighting extradition from his home country of Canada, Marc relented last year so that his co-defendants would not be charged in the United States. Marc's supporters are now trying to get him moved to Canada so that he may serve his sentence closer to home.

smokebreaks · Post by **smokebreaks** » Wed Sep 15, 2010 9:04 am

Yeah I still wonder how Emery can land his ass in prison, yet RC walks for essentially the same thing? I recognize the RC wasn't as outspoken as Emery but it doesn't make sense at all!

edge · Post by **edge** » Wed Sep 15, 2010 9:14 am

^ Agreed. But it had to be that Emery was a lying piece of shit about the hows and whys of his persecution.

Prince of Pot/Robin Hoood/ Martyr....Or just a dumbass.

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FAGjack · Post by **FAGjack** » Wed Sep 15, 2010 11:28 am

smokebreaks wrote:Yeah I still wonder how Emery can land his ass in prison,

that'll be all those packs of bunk seeds I guess.....................

Hax · Post by **Hax** » Wed Sep 15, 2010 2:30 pm

Marc was just too political,he was embarrassing the wrong people. RC lawyered up.

edge · Post by **edge** » Wed Sep 15, 2010 7:02 pm

Hax wrote:Marc was just too political,he was embarrassing the wrong people. RC lawyered up.

He went beyond political when he was conducting PR campaigns in the US that said:

"I paid $350,000 in taxes [1995] last year! The government is serious about money, not prohibition. I'm just supplying a demand, like any other businessman." Wall Street Journal

"Once you buy my seeds, you're in business. A person could make $100,000 a year by buying my seeds, and growing and distributing the plants." - Wall Street Journal & National Enquirer.

They beat him down ever since those first several raids on HempBC and he never really succeeded politically since.

Hax · Post by **Hax** » Wed Sep 15, 2010 7:14 pm

Marc's carny barker hucksterism was taken by the DEA and DOJ as political theater even if its intent was always primarily self promotional.

messy slob · Post by **messy slob** » Wed Sep 15, 2010 11:07 pm

RC had more $$$$

U$ Ju$tice

and

Canadian Ju$tice probably work the same way

ninjacloakd · Post by **ninjacloakd** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 12:51 pm

edge wrote:Prince of Pot/Robin Hoood/ Martyr....Or just a dumbass.

.... just a dumbass tryin' to make the movement work for him.

rSin · Post by **rSin** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 6:38 pm

funny,
he didnt try to invade overgrow, back when it would have been so easy for him IF he was so out for himself as you suggest...