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Originally Posted by marketsmart
OK... if you vist or live in another country (and i have been to many).. you are at the mercy of their judicial system...
too many people think that when they go to another country that justice is blind...
many countries in this world are more fucked up than the US and dont have a clue about the meaning of due process let alone practice it...
when traveling or living in another country, you are at the mercy of "their" govt... not your homelands...
its a tough break for him and hopefully it will work out, but if you cant do the time.. then dont live abroad...
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Oddly ms - the judges I know of here (it's next door to Nicaragua) are FAR WORSE than any court in industrialized countries.
They will bend over backwards for a defendant (often to what appears to be a silly degree), but, at the same time, are extremely pedantic, and will spend as long as need be listening to any presentation, then turning this inside out and upside down to make sure it stands up
If ever there is an aura of "pressure" from any party (ie LE) - that can crumble a case very quickly. Hell.. it's even a criminal offense of LE to "appear oppressive" or raid a drug dealer while he's sleeping *lol*