Here's another article about his extradition hearing....it includes the following tasty quote. Technically the guy is right that he's being extradited for selling pot, but its not like he's just some misguided hippie selling a few buds. He's basically sought to force conflict with the judicial system in Canada, and now the US and he admits as much with his comments...
Of course it's "apples and oranges" anyway....possession of small amounts of pot is decriminalized in some states, but its specifically illegal in every state in the country. Placing a bet online is specifically illegal in only a handful of states.
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The DEA on CNN's 'Lou Dobbs' claimed I was perhaps the largest marijuana producer of all time because of my seed distribution activities. "We believe he is responsible for over 100,000 pounds of marijuana for every year he was in business." Eleven years in the seed business times 100,000 pounds is 1.1 million pounds, worth conservatively $2.5 billion US.
If its true, I'm proud of bringing such wealth to our community, and using the money that was sent for those seeds to thwart the US government in elections, conferences, activities around the globe. And remarks, such as the ones made on CNN, guarantee that I get the highest sentence possible in a US federal court; and since I am proud of my activities, and wish I did even more, I am in no way repentent.
The future process works like this: the hearing lasts for a week. A verdict from the Extradition Hearing will be made in June, July or August 2007, when the judge comes back with a "Committal" or "Refusal" order. If it comes back "Commit", then the political phase of influencing Canada's Justice Minister to refuse the extradition begins.
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