'PRINCE OF POT' PLANS TO PLEAD GUILTY

Vancouver pot activist Marc Emery will drop his fight against
extradition and plead guilty in the U.S. to a single charge of
distributing drugs, the so-called 'Prince of Pot' says.

"I'm going to be making a guilty plea in Seattle in six to eight
weeks," Emery told 24 hours. "Then I will be sentenced on that guilty
plea sometime in August or September."

Emery said he decided not to fight against his extradition, in a
hearing that was supposed to happen this month, because he would have
likely lost.

"The Canadian government has never refused a U.S. request to
extradite," he said.

Emery said he expects the district attorney to seek a federal
sentence of 5-8 years in prison.

"Jail time is very likely and certainly very possible," said Emery,
who said he plans to write a book (tentatively titled "100
Chapters"), learn French and Spanish, and get a job inside the prison
- - if he's sentenced.

Emery said he would seek to transfer to a Canadian prison to serve
his time. Officials with the U.S. Attorney's Office wouldn't confirm
Emery's claims.