It’s incredibly sad what happened to this young man. It was also incredibly stupid to go into NK at all and doubly stupid for stealing while there. He didn’t deserve the death penalty even though that’s what it ended up being.
I’ve never been there but from what I know; the conditions are harsh for the people of NK so it stands to reason they would be triple harsh for any prisoners and double that for an American prisoner.
I hope his death taught the American people something so that it wasn’t completely in vain.
“I hope his death taught the American people something so
that it wasn’t completely in vain.”
Do ya think our sanctions will cause a few thousand starvation deaths in NK ? Will hundreds of NK families curse the DONALD??
Gored Ox and all that .....
Nevertheless...prayers for Otto’s family....
“I’ve never been there but from what I know; the conditions are harsh for the people of NK so it stands to reason they would be triple harsh for any prisoners and double that for an American prisoner.”
Americans are incredibly naive about the conditions in foreign prisons. While I was stationed in Okinawa, I was tasked with being the USMC observer during the trial of an enlisted man who, while drunk in town, decided to “roll” a drunk Okinawan man.
Their territory, their rules. Neither the USA nor the USMC had any say during the trial. I reported what I observed, but unless things got really outrageous, the US Embassy would not intervene.
I was told that unless he had someone bringing him food from the outside, he’d have a had time surviving the two year sentence.
He did not steal anything The story was ludicrous. The North Koreans said some church person offered him something like $10,000 to steal it? Bizarre lie. Why anyone would believe the North is beyond me. The kid was naive and stupid to go there, but he was framed. I have no doubt.