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[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Then how did they find ammo and why have several admitted they brought the ammo and "forgot"?

Sounds like you're full of shit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Why is this not happenong at the same rate elsewhere?

People also admit to many things they never did while in custody.

Something fishy is happening here.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 11 months ago (1 children)

or americans just are arrogant and think they're untouchable. see fay, michael and singapore.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

see fay, michael and singapore.

I almost forgot that asshole. No one outside the US thought the intervention was warranted. Case in point: the Swiss vandal in 2010

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

Yeah, the Brits (since it is a British territory) have been trying to frame every single American to put them in jail since the rebellion!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

This happens in other Caribbean countries too. If you were to fly to Bermuda or Grenada you’d get in trouble for carrying this stuff.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

People also admit to many things they never did while in custody.

Do people? Is that the thing?

Okay. Um, while in custody I never ... hopped on one leg.

But why is admitting to things we've never done in custody a thing?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I do not ageee with the poster you respond to, but false confessions are a serious problem. Often (in the US) they arise from hours long interrogations without a lawyer, in which police are allowed to lie about the evidence they have. This leads to situations where a suspect feels like they are done for even if they didn’t commit a crime. When a plea deal is then put in front of them which they are told would be much preferable to getting sentenced without it, they sign and admit to a crime they never committed. It shouldn’t happen but is a thing that unfortunately does occur.

That said, I doubt it being the case here.