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Prince of Pot Reaches Deal With Prosecutor

By Aaron

In local news, Marc Emery, the proclaimed "Prince of Pot" made a plea deal that allows him to serve a five year prison sentence in a Canadian prison. From the Seattle Weekly's Rick Anderson:Emery...was willing to fight the charges on principal, but said the deal is designed to help two co-accused avoid lengthy sentences in a U.S. prison and to keep him closer to family and friends. U.S. officials say Emery illegally sold millions of dollars of marijuana seeds from his business in Vancouver, but he and supporters said his activities were well known and tolerated by Canadian officials, including the federal Health Department. "My complaint is that there is no victim. Nobody who can say I hurt them, yet there are thousands of people who I can point to and say I helped," said Emery, who paid taxes on his earnings and gave money to charities and political causes...continue to full post

Full post as published by Washington State Criminal Defense on January 16, 2008 (boomark / email).