Posted on 05/29/2005 1:03:37 PM PDT by wagglebee
"I am not responsible to the people for my verdict"
That's great unless you have a job that requires overseas travel. I might also add that diplomats have those wonderful red passports that grant "immunity". Us working stiffs just take our chances.
Bermuda, the Bahamas, the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands are all part of the British Commonwealth, so theirs no problem there. Puerto Rico is American as are the US Virgin Islands. Jamaica is a filthy sh*thole that nobody in their right mind would set foot in, although it is one of the most beautiful places in the region. Go to the Caymans or Bermuda, they are spotless, beautiful, the people are incredibly polite and you feel safer than you would in any tourist spot in the US (the downside is that they are both incredibly expensive).
She had a secret compartment in her luggage. We're supposed to believe that she has this secret compartment that was empty, until the drugs were planted there. Right.
You nailed it. The price is higher for Westerners, but, well, look what's happening to this young lady.
I wonder whether some corrupt officials are capable of having illegal things planted on innocent people to rally the wealthy of the world to funnel huge sums of money in bribes in order to get the person released. - Just think how doubly horrible this would be (and horrible it is anyway) if a person were innocent of the accusation.
The price is certainly higher for Westerners, but it is still generally affordable for most middle class families, it's not more than a good lawyer is going to cost. The brother of a friend of mine was caught in Costa Rica with a bunch of drugs about ten years ago, it cost his parents around $25K to get him out.
I give you George Strait, and you give me ABBA. Isn't that overkill?
How much is that in our measurement?
About 0.1 firkins.
Mexico is nothing. For the pure "I'm in hell" factor. Some parts of India are so disgusting and overpopulated as you pass through, you pray your lost guide can fins his way out. Loved the experience, but I was glad as hell to leave.
In Turkey, the local police in Dyabakir caught me with a beautiful long-slide .45. After the prerequisite chi drinking and a call to the Turkish base commander, I exchanged dollars for Turkish lire (Turks loved the stability of the dollar). I lost on the deal and gave up my .45 (foreigners are not permitted weapons), but it wasn't Midnight Express either.
Real nice. You must be a Christian.
You must be a Christian hater to make a remark like that.
Firkins of water, I mean.
Funny, but I think it's okay that we deal with ALL of our crime problems.
We also have a helluva lot more murders here than in most countires. Think there's any causality there?
And no, I don't think 20 years is a rational sentence but I don't get a vote in Indonesia.
Are you serious? I am not as well versed on drug laws as I would like to be and thus would appreciate some further clarification. It appears to me that 20yrs for 9pnds of marijuana is rather harsh. Especially when one considers what other crimes deliver in terms of sentences. Please elaborate. Thanks.
Here in Canada, with no previous record, if convicted she might have done two years, or very possibly, gotten a conditional sentence (house arrest). If she is guilty, she is guilty of trafficking at a very low level - she's a mule. I recently got two clients acquitted who were facing somewhere between 6 and 8 years for transporting 90lbs of pot and 80,000 exctasy pills so nine pounds is really nothing.
In the US, from what I understand, proving motive is almost essential to proving guilt in a crime like this. IF all her finances were in order, and she didn't have a drug habit or anything that she needed to support, she would likely have been acquitted.
20 years for an offence like this is ridiculous. Of course she isn't likely to survive it.
Real nice. You must be a bigot.
You misunderstood the thrust of my comment. The girl's punishment is the outrage.
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