PRINCE of POT MARC EMERY GETS SENTENCED to 5 YEARS IN A SEATTLE COURTHOUSE

Friday September 10th, 2010, 4:20 p.m.

PRINCE of POT MARC EMERY GETS SENTENCED to 5 YEARS IN A SEATTLE COURTHOUSE

CRUCIAL BLOG ENTRY # 68

PRINCE of POT MARC EMERY GETS SENTENCED to 5 YEARS IN A SEATTLE COURTHOUSE

Today, September 10th, 2010 at 1:20 p.m. Pacific time in a Federal Courtroom in Seattle, Washington, self-proclaimed Prince Of Pot Marc Scott Emery was sentenced to 5 years in Jail for distributing seeds to a very keen US customer base.

UPDATE at 5:20 p.m. http://www.theprovince.com/news/Prince+Marc+Emery+sentenced+years+prison+judge/3507601/story.html

The crowd outside waved signs reading “Free Marc” and chanted their support as passing cars honked their horns.

Emery was arrested in 2005 by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and indicted for selling marijuana seeds online and through the mail to customers in the U.S.

"Jail is a cruel and lonely place and I regret that my actions have brought me here," Emery said in a written statement to U.S. Federal Court Judge Ricardo Martinez. "Five years is an awfully long time to consider what I've done. I admit that I was arrogant in flouting United States law.

We all hope and pray that Emery is granted a Prisoner Transfer through the Prisoner Exchange Treaty between the US and Canada so that that he can serve his sentence closer to home and loved ones and also so he can be released much earlier under Canada's more lenient parole laws.

This does not end the chapter of "Pot Prohibition" in the US, especially as laws get more lax and the benefits start to outweigh the harms of Marijuana. The Medicinal benefits have always been there but more governments are seeing the potential tax-boom fiesta that small amounts of decriminalized amounts of Marijuana would bring into the coffers.

If small amounts of marijuana had been decriminalized under the Liberal government leadership of Prime-Minister Jean Chretien back in 2002/3 our country of Canada could have been Global Leaders in the movement to lessen the harsh laws that have imprisoned hundred's of thousands worldwide, and our example would have provided our Health Care and Education systems a much need boost to fund world-class services like never seen before. Maybe that hope will come back with a Liberal or different government.

IT IS TIME FOR MARC EMERY TO COME HOME AND SERVE HIS SENTENCE ON CANADIAN SOIL.

KEEP IT CRUCIAL FOR MARC EMERY!

Paul Benoit

Producer / DirectorCRUCIAL MATTERS

paul@crucialmatters.com

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Read more: http://www.theprovince.com/news/Prince+Marc+Emery+sentenced+years+prison+judge/3507601/story.html#ixzz0zAJuavNL

Today's Facebook Status by Marc Emery, updated by his wife Jodie.

The day is upon us -- sentencing in US Federal Court at 1:30pm. Whatever the sentence is, my supporters MUST demand I be sent home to serve my time in Canada! Contact the Public Safety Minister (Canada) and the Bureau of Prisons (USA) at http://www.FreeMarc.ca/ if you REALLY want to help me!

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Paul Benoit

Producer / DirectorCRUCIAL MATTERSpaul@crucialmatters.com

www.crucialmatters.com