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Former FSU football player may be caned in Singapore for overstaying visa
AP ^ | October 21, 2010

Posted on 10/21/2010 8:11:25 AM PDT by 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.

(Excerpt) Read more at sun-sentinel.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: caning; collegefootball; football; fsu; singapore
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And somewhere an ex-U.Miami TE might be 'noled.
1 posted on 10/21/2010 8:11:32 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: ConservativeStatement

Hurricaning.


2 posted on 10/21/2010 8:14:51 AM PDT by WOBBLY BOB ( "I don't want the majority if we don't stand for something"- Jim Demint)
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To: ConservativeStatement

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


3 posted on 10/21/2010 8:15:22 AM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-Qaeda" and its allies.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Lol! I’m a huge Cane fan!


4 posted on 10/21/2010 8:17:41 AM PDT by goodwithagun (My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Maybe the cane will go ‘Wide Right.’


5 posted on 10/21/2010 8:18:49 AM PDT by dfwgator (Rangers leading the ALCS 3 games to 2)
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To: elpadre

Barney Frank has volunteered to do the caning.


6 posted on 10/21/2010 8:21:59 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (The rallying cry of American patriots.....REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER!)
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To: ConservativeStatement

“Don’t cane me bro!”


7 posted on 10/21/2010 8:22:44 AM PDT by RexBeach ("There is no such thing as a good tax." Winston Churchill)
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To: RexBeach

maybe we should cane those that overstay their visas here.


8 posted on 10/21/2010 8:24:43 AM PDT by CJ Wolf
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To: CJ Wolf

here they get flight lessons and free tuition.


9 posted on 10/21/2010 8:25:50 AM PDT by WOBBLY BOB ( "I don't want the majority if we don't stand for something"- Jim Demint)
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To: ConservativeStatement

What? No “path to citizenship?”


10 posted on 10/21/2010 8:27:47 AM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (A half-truth is a complete lie)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Just about what I would expect from a Criminole!


11 posted on 10/21/2010 8:28:41 AM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: CJ Wolf

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

They won’t be back.


12 posted on 10/21/2010 8:29:14 AM PDT by RexBeach ("There is no such thing as a good tax." Winston Churchill)
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To: ConservativeStatement

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?


13 posted on 10/21/2010 8:29:39 AM PDT by Tax-chick (I love the smell of napalm in November. Cue the Wagner music ...)
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To: ConservativeStatement

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!


14 posted on 10/21/2010 8:40:00 AM PDT by RVN Airplane Driver ("To be born into freedom is an accident; to die in freedom is an obligation..)
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To: ConservativeStatement

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


15 posted on 10/21/2010 8:41:19 AM PDT by Red Badger (WOULD SOMEBODY PLEASE GIVE MEGHAN MCCAIN A BOX OF KRISPY KREMES SO SHE'LL SHUT THE HELL UP?!)
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maybe we should cane those that overstay their visas here.

And throw in a water boarding for good measure.

16 posted on 10/21/2010 8:51:07 AM PDT by bgill (K Parliament- how could a young man born in Kenya who is not even a native American become the POTUS)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Maybe we should start caning illegals here:

YES WE CANE!


17 posted on 10/21/2010 8:52:10 AM PDT by Mikey_1962 (Obama: The Affirmative Action President. He's shovel ready!)
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To: RexBeach
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.

18 posted on 10/21/2010 8:59:13 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: ConservativeStatement

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


19 posted on 10/21/2010 9:02:22 AM PDT by lonestar
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To: ConservativeStatement

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.


20 posted on 10/21/2010 9:21:30 AM PDT by Boogieman
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