Pubdate: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 Source: Globe and Mail (Canada) Page: A14 Copyright: 2004, The Globe and Mail Company Contact: http://www.globeandmail.ca/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/168 Author: Randy O'Donnell Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1188/a11.html Related: from jail Marc asks folks to write LTEs, and other actions http://www.pot-tv.net/archive/shows/pottvshowse-2913.html Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?196 (Emery, Marc) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mjcn.htm (Cannabis - Canada) CRIME AND PUNISHMENT Re Marijuana Activist Handed Three Months In Jail (Aug. 20): Former MP Svend Robinson is given a conditional discharge for the apparently premeditated theft of a $64,000 ring, a crime for which he pleaded guilty. Meanwhile, Marc Emery, president of the B.C. Marijuana Party, gets three months in jail for pleading guilty to making a political point at a political rally, by passing a joint to one of his supporters. Aren't we teaching our kids something wonderful about power and justice? RANDY O'DONNELL Nanaimo, B.C. - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake