Former FSU football player may be caned in Singapore for overstaying visa

AP ^ | October 21, 2010

[ConservativeStatement]

SINGAPORE (AP) -- A former Florida State University football player may become the first American in 16 years to be caned in Singapore after he overstayed his visa, his lawyer said Thursday.

Kamari Charlton, who was a reserve tight end for Florida State from 1992 to 1996, was arrested Sept. 1 when he attempted to leave the city-state 169 days after his 90-day social visit pass expired, attorney M. Ravi said.

Charlton, who was born in the Bahamas and owns a construction company there, was in Singapore while his wife received medical care for pregnancy complications, Ravi said. It was not clear why Charlton and his wife chose Singapore for medical treatment.

[ConservativeStatement]

And somewhere an ex-U.Miami TE might be 'noled.

[WOBBLY BOB]

Hurricaning.

[elpadre]

....and the rest of the story?????

[goodwithagun]

Lol! I’m a huge Cane fan!

[dfwgator]

Maybe the cane will go ‘Wide Right.’

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

Barney Frank has volunteered to do the caning.

[RexBeach]

“Don’t cane me bro!”

[CJ Wolf]

maybe we should cane those that overstay their visas here.

[WOBBLY BOB]

here they get flight lessons and free tuition.

[Sgt_Schultze]

What? No “path to citizenship?”

[Constitution Day]

Just about what I would expect from a Criminole!

[RexBeach]

I like this idea better, if I may: Have them work as house staff for Oprah for a week.

They won’t be back.

[Tax-chick]

90-day visa plus 169 days extra is more than enough time for his wife to have a baby, if necessary.

Perhaps he was there working construction illegally?

[RVN Airplane Driver]

Richard Pryor in one of his original funny skits had a line in there: ‘Member next time los negroes.....bet this boy will remember next time his visa expires!

[Red Badger]

Well, the SCOTUS looks to foreign laws, so we could use that one.....................

[bgill]

maybe we should cane those that overstay their visas here.

And throw in a water boarding for good measure.

[Mikey_1962]

Maybe we should start caning illegals here:

YES WE CANE!

[Vigilanteman]

Caning is a real pain in the a$$!

In a former life, I worked with a Singaporean engineer who told me all about it.

Long story short about caning is that it usually takes 4-5 days before you can $hit properly and 4-5 weeks before you can sit properly.

When the American kid vandal got caned at that time, they surveyed the American community about it. Roughly one-third thought the penalty was too harsh. Another third thought it appropriate. The final third thought it was such a good idea that it should be introduced to the United States.

[lonestar]

We need to import caning for illegals and people who over stayed their visas.

[Boogieman]

His crime was staying in the country too long. He tries to correct that mistake by leaving the country... and they prevent him from leaving so they can cane him.

Seems a bit ludicrous to me.