Posted on 02/12/2010 3:16:49 AM PST by Scanian
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- The Haitian judge deciding whether 10 U.S. missionaries should face trial for trying to take a busload of children out of the country said Thursday he has recommended that all be released provisionally.
Judge Bernard Saint-Vil sent the recommendation to the prosecutor-general, who may agree or object. But the judge has final word on whether they go free while an investigation continues.
Saint-Vil questioned on Thursday the last of a group of parents who said they willingly gave their children to the Baptist missionaries, believing the Americans would educate and care for them
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One of two things...either someone in the state department hinted of issues ahead or some charity chiefs came in and warned that this harms money coming into the country.
On the other side of the issue...the head of this charity charged has some things to explain and in a normal situation...she’d be doing at least a couple of months of jail time.
These ‘kidnappers’ had no source of income and would have been unable to provide for those children. They were hoping to get in on the Haiti scam. Much as certain people rushed to get in on the Katrina scam.
I suspect the bulk of these people were well intentioned, dupes, while the leader of the group was up to something nefarious. The investigation will continue, so we shall see.
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