Pubdate: Fri, 05 Jun 2009
Source: Vancouver 24hours (CN BC)
Page: 3
Copyright: 2009 Canoe Inc
Contact:  http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/3837
Author: Irwin Loy
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?196 (Emery, Marc)

'PRINCE OF POT' PLANS TO PLEAD GUILTY

Vancouver pot activist Marc Emery will drop his fight against 
extradition and plead guilty in the U.S. to a single charge of 
distributing drugs, the so-called 'Prince of Pot' says.

"I'm going to be making a guilty plea in Seattle in six to eight 
weeks," Emery told 24 hours. "Then I will be sentenced on that guilty 
plea sometime in August or September."

Emery said he decided not to fight against his extradition, in a 
hearing that was supposed to happen this month, because he would have 
likely lost.

"The Canadian government has never refused a U.S. request to 
extradite," he said.

Emery said he expects the district attorney to seek a federal 
sentence of 5-8 years in prison.

"Jail time is very likely and certainly very possible," said Emery, 
who said he plans to write a book (tentatively titled "100 
Chapters"), learn French and Spanish, and get a job inside the prison 
- - if he's sentenced.

Emery said he would seek to transfer to a Canadian prison to serve 
his time. Officials with the U.S. Attorney's Office wouldn't confirm 
Emery's claims.
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