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The United States attorney for the Eastern District of California, Benjamin B. Wagner, a 2009 Obama appointee, wants Mr. Davies to agree to a plea that includes a mandatory minimum of five years in prison, calling the case a straightforward prosecution of "one of the most significant commercial marijuana traffickers to be prosecuted in this district".
The statute also allows for "extraterritorial jurisdiction" for an offense, meaning that foreign nationals can be prosecuted in this country if at least part of the conduct occurred in the United States.
Indeed, as the government's former terrorism watchdog Lord Carlile said in the case of computer hacker Gary McKinnon: "There is no doubt that Mr McKinnon could be prosecuted in this country, given that the acts of unlawful access occurred within our jurisdiction (ie from his computer in north London) and that he has admitted the offences.
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