MARC EMERY TOLD HE WILL HAVE TO SERVE REST OF PRISON SENTENCE IN THE U.S

Canada's so-called "Prince of Pot" has been told he won't be allowed a
prison transfer and must serve his entire sentence in the United
States. Marc Emery's lawyer said authorities told his client in a
letter received Friday that the U.S. government refused his transfer
on April 6 because of the "seriousness of the offence" and "law
enforcement concerns."

Emery, who is imprisoned in Oklahoma awaiting transfer to a prison in
Mississippi, pleaded guilty last May to selling marijuana seeds to
Americans through his Vancouver-based catalogue company and was
sentenced to five years in prison. His wife, Jodie, said the news
devastated them both. "There's nothing we can do at this point beyond
asking for a presidential pardon in the U.S., which I'm going to start
campaigning for, actually, because I have to do whatever I can to get
Marc home," she said.