What occurs now that Ryan Marriage ceremony has pleaded not responsible?

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Ryan Marriage ceremony, the previous Olympic snowboarder turned alleged drug kingpin, pleaded not responsible in a Santa Ana, Calif., courtroom Monday to a number of costs associated to homicide and drug trafficking.

The 44-year-old who was born in Thunder Bay, Ont., was arrested in Mexico final week after spending virtually 10 years evading authorities in the US, Canada, Mexico, Colombia and the Dominican Republic.

He faces 17 costs, together with conspiracy to export cocaine, persevering with prison enterprise, homicide in reference to a unbroken prison enterprise and drug crime and retaliation in opposition to a witness, sufferer or an informant by accomplished homicide.

The crimes are alleged to have been dedicated in a number of international locations, which has sparked collaboration amongst regulation enforcement companies and raised questions on who has jurisdiction to prosecute Marriage ceremony.

He was on the FBI's Prime 10 Most Needed listing and the U.S. authorities supplied a $15 million reward for data resulting in his arrest or conviction.

Here's what we all know in regards to the subsequent steps within the prison case in opposition to Marriage ceremony.

WATCH | Ryan Marriage ceremony's lawyer speaks outdoors courtroom Monday: Ryan Marriage ceremony's lawyer on his consumer's not-guilty pleas

Anthony Colombo, Ryan Marriage ceremony's lawyer, spoke with reporters outdoors the courthouse in Santa Ana., Calif., after his consumer and alleged drug kingpin entered two not responsible pleas. Colombo stated it was nonetheless early within the proceedings and that 'the indictments usually are not proof, they're simply an accusation.' When is the subsequent courtroom look? Marriage ceremony is scheduled to return to courtroom on Feb. 11 for a standing listening to, the place events concerned within the case will focus on whether or not the trial date — set for March 24 — is real looking.

His lawyer, Anthony Colombo, informed CBC Information he anticipates the events will agree March is “means too quickly” given the complexity of the case and the seriousness of the costs.

“I might say we’re pushing this again a minimum of six months, given the variety of defendants charged, the character and circumstances, the quantity of discovery that we’d need to undergo,” he stated.

Marriage ceremony is being held in custody in California within the meantime.

The decide stated Monday he couldn't instantly discover circumstances that will guarantee public security or Marriage ceremony's look in courtroom, however that he would contemplate bond if Marriage ceremony seeks it later.

What penalties is he going through? Marriage ceremony faces an automated life sentence if convicted on costs associated to homicide, drug trafficking and witness tampering.

Although Colombo stated the case can also be eligible for the loss of life penalty, he doesn’t count on the U.S. lawyer’s workplace to pursue that choice. He stated life with out parole can also be a chance.

That is the place Canada's involvement complicates issues, in keeping with Dalhousie College regulation professor Robert Currie.

“If the loss of life penalty is on the desk, Canadian police can not co-operate with the U.S. to facilitate the investigation anymore,” as a result of Canada doesn't have the loss of life penalty, Currie informed CBC's Thomas Daigle.

"Your complete tilt of our regulation would recommend that the loss of life penalty places actually vital obstacles in entrance of the police to have the ability to co-operate, to ship proof, to ship officers to testify within the U.S."

Currie stated Canadian police would additionally need to again off if prosecutors search life with out parole, which has been deemed unconstitutional in Canada.

There was some hypothesis that Marriage ceremony might work with investigators and quit a few of his collaborators in trade for a extra lenient sentence. Currie says it is attainable that the prosecution and the defence might comply with cost underneath a barely decrease threshold if Marriage ceremony pursues that avenue.

"That would go away room for plea bargaining, it could go away room for co-operation, if that is what Mr. Marriage ceremony desires to do in the long run,” Currie stated.

What in regards to the Canadian costs? Marriage ceremony remains to be going through costs in Canada, stemming from a cocaine-import conspiracy uncovered by RCMP in 2015 when he was residing in Montreal. His drug trafficking group was the biggest provider of cocaine to Canada, in keeping with a 2024 indictment.

Currie says that whereas Canada might legally make a request to have Marriage ceremony extradited to face these costs, it’s extremely unlikely they might achieve this, given there's already a “large regulation enforcement co-operation effort” underway within the case.

“It appears to me the choice has been made, fully inside the bounds of the regulation, that all the prosecutions will occur within the U.S.,” Currie stated.

He says Marriage ceremony might attempt to problem the costs based mostly on jurisdiction, however would probably be unsuccessful, as cross-border crimes are versatile by way of which international locations are in a position to prosecute.