By: Joe Klare, The 420 Times As we reported the other day, Marc Emery was due to be sentenced Friday in the United States for his seed selling activities in Canada. And sentenced he was, receiving the expected 5 years in U.S. prison.
The goal now for friends of Marc everywhere is to petition the United States and Canadian governments to get Marc moved to Canada – his home country and the scene of his “crimes” – to serve his sentence.
Emery’s wife, Jodie Emery, said in an interview that her husband is holding up, but his fight is not over.
She said right after court adjourned on Friday, his lawyer went to the Canadian consulate in Seattle to submit the paperwork to have Emery transferred back to Canada to serve his sentence here.
The arrangement requires the consent from Public Safety Minister Vic Toews and Jodie Emery conceded she’s not hopeful the Tory government will act quickly.
Marc told the court that he was “overzealous” and “arrogant” in his flouting of U.S. laws, and that may be true to some extent. But it was Marc’s arrogance that matched the arrogance of our governments and their freedom-crushing laws.
Above all we must make sure Marc Emery continues to be a beacon of inspiration to the cannabis law reform movement. We cannot let his sacrifices be made in vain.