[HereIgrowagain]

Positive vibes from me and mine mate.

I'm no legal eagle but, surely they don't have a leg to stand on without contradicting how many of their own laws? Crazy!

[armedoldhippy]

Originally Posted by Gypsy Nirvana

...Hmmm....maybe the fact that I have been supplying med patients with the seeds of possibilities, sold and as freebies for gawd knows how long might help...

Maine has been a med state for a long time, and went rec too last November, so my case is not about hurting me for some heinous crime, that's for sure, and I think that the feds are aware of that.

damn feds care NOTHING about justice. they live to make "examples" and hammer down the nails they notice sticking up. when the only tool in your box is a hammer, all problems start to look like nails sticking up. useless bastards! they are the dinosaurs looking up in the sky saying "hey! is that comet heading our way?" i can't WAIT for the day of reckoning when they get that sick feeling in their stomach "uh-oh..."

[Gypsy Nirvana]

Yeah, it's ironic that a bullet salesman (ammunition) can sell bullets all day that end up killing people, yet that's ok with the feds...

But someone who distributes seeds that help heal people and make people happy is persecuted, prosecuted, and made to spend years in jail, ruining his business and family life...Where is the justice in that?

[Dropped Cat]

Bullets, liquor, cigarettes, cars too.

Madness cosumes any sane mind to parse the causal events
that surround the laws man creates.

The innocent rot in jail while the morally corrupt profit from their misery.

Cannabis, just make it legal worldwide I say.

Gonna' take some time.

[Green Squall]

Originally Posted by Gypsy Nirvana

If I do get extradited to the USA, then I guess that you could write letters to the Federal District Attorney. in Portland, Maine (I think that his name is Mr Conneley)....Because that is where I will be tried.

It might help, so worth a try I suppose...

Address: 100 Middle St # 6, Portland, ME 04101

Sorry Gypsy. This just isn't right. Like you haven't been through enough already.... Makes me so angry.

Do you know what the chances are that you will be extradited? Considering everything, I can't believe they are still going forward with this bullshit.

[Gypsy Nirvana]

It's all looking a bit brighter lately. After some conversations with my court appointed federal public defender over the phone, it looks like the prosecutor in my case is amenable to give me some sort of deal with time served (30 months already) in the Philippines.....with potentially only 7 months jail time to do stateside if I plead guilty....I don't really have much in the way of assets/money any more, so hopefully we can come to an arrangement where I am not taxed at all, plus them agreeing not to go after my eldest son who was mentioned on the warrant ..

My extradition hearing/trial is on the 20th July.....but even if the Brit judge refuses to extradite me....it might be sensible to surrender myself to the feds (if I can make a good deal) because if this case is not resolved then I won't ever be able to return to my family and home in the Philippines, or travel outside the UK without the threat of being nabbed due to the interpol red notice which won't go away till my case has been cleared, so effectively I'll be marooned like Ben Gunn in 'Treasure Island' on the UK, if we cannot come to terms.

No firm deal has yet been made, but it does look like both sides are willing to negotiate to finally get this case sorted after 4 years of attrition already. 4 years of me being separated from my home and family life. 4 years of uncertainty.

There is always the option of taking it to trial in the US if I am extradited, and hoping that I get some canna-friendly jurors. But that could possibly put me at greater risk in getting a much-much longer sentence.

[ojd]

Hey Gypsy
I wish you the best outcome possible
You have done so much for our community and the whole Canna scene over the years and i thank you for that
Our whole scene is thriving thanks to Icmag.com and seedbay/boutique taking over the torch from Overgrow/CannabisWorld back then

peace

[Stoner4Life]

that's some good news Gypsy, hope your mouthpiece can swing the right deal.

[unclefishstick]

even the best scenario here is still a smack in the face...its one thing to get caught,but to go down because someone didnt have enough spine to do their own time...

[EsterEssence]

Good luck bro...