Comments by "Reecom98" (@reecom9884) on "American tourist faces 12-year sentence in Turks and Caicos for ammo found in bag" video.

In 1994, a court in Singapore sentenced an American teenager, Michael Fay, to be lashed six times with a cane for violating the Vandalism Act. After spending 83 days in jail, he was released early on 21 June on grounds of good behavior, and left Singapore for the US the next day. In the US the kid would have been given a sentence of community service hours and fined instead of jailed and whipped with a cane; know the laws of the country you are visiting or you can be spending years in prison!
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@JN-wn1kw "She flew to Australia with a Subway sandwich. She was fined $1,844...How a chicken footlong became ‘the most expensive sandwich ever’ and went viral on TikTok" ...The mistake cost Jessica Lee 2,664 AUD, the equivalent of about $1,844..." 20 July 2022 The Washington Post. She failed to declare she had food when entering Australia in her carry-on, which was also unintentional!
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@johnbryant-nf3mg He got into drugs after leaving Singapore and living with his father in the US, but turned his life around later in his life. He's a casino manager in Ohio.
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@64Rambler3 News sources and Wikipedia say it was 6 and not reduced.
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@DaleCowle So you agree with the 12-year sentence because they can't be rehabilitated and will offend again bring in bullets?
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Posting bail only allows a small respite before the trial and the 12-year sentence. The US has a treaty with the Turks and Caicos and will arrest and send you back if you try to skip bail! There is no US Presidential pardon!
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