Pot Prince Gets Five-Year Sentence In U.S.
Posted September 10, 2010 7:27 pm.
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Canada’s flamboyant Prince of Pot has been sentenced in a U.S. court to five years in prison for being one of the largest marijuana seed suppliers in America.
U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan told the court Marc Emery made millions of dollars by shipping seeds into the United States and now he’s paying the price for being part of the illegal drug trade.
When U.S. District Court Judge Ricardo Martinez sentenced Emery today in Seattle, he told him there was no question his actions were criminal and that Emery ensured others broke the law by selling them the seeds.
Emery was indicted in 2005, but it wasn’t until May of this year that he left for Washington State in a plea agreement.
His lawyer arranged the five-year sentence on the charge of conspiracy to manufacture marijuana.
The court noted that Emery claimed on his website to have made about $3 million a year for selling about 4 million seeds every from his Vancouver headquarters.
