Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Marc Emery's extradition proceedings postponed

Marc Emery's extradition proceedings postponed

Marc Emery's extradition proceedings postponed

Vancouver Sun

Published: Monday, January 21, 2008

VANCOUVER - Extradition proceedings against Marc Emery, Vancouver's self-styled Prince of Pot, set for Monday were postponed.

The B.C. Supreme Court put over until tomorrow the hearing at which time the proceedings are expected to be adjourned until Feb. 6 while negotiations and details of a plea bargain are worked out.

US federal prosecutors have charged Emery and two associates - Michelle Rainey and Greg Williams - with drug offences and money laundering for operating a global marijuana seed business.

All face a minimum 10-year sentence and the possibility of life if convicted in the U.S.

But under the proposed deal, Emery would plead guilty and apparently serve a minimum of five years behind bars, mostly in Canada.

In return, he is demanding the charges against his friends be dropped.

Assistant US Attorney Todd Greenberg in Seattle, where Emery was indicted in 2005, has so far declined to comment.

He was unavailable Monday because of the public holiday in the U.S.



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