American arrested in Turks and Caicos over ammo found in bag gets suspended sentence of 52 weeks*
American arrested in Turks and Caicos over ammo found in bag gets suspended sentence of 52 weeks*
Bryan Hagerich was one of several Americans facing a potential mandatory minimum sentence of 12 years in prison in the Turks and Caicos Islands.
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No, it isn’t.
The Oxford dictionary definition:
smuggling noun
the illegal movement of goods into or out of a country. "cocaine smuggling has increased alarmingly"
You see how it says “illegal” there? In smuggling cases there has to be this other thing called “intent” for it to have been illegal.
If a Mexican gets some codeine at a Mexican pharmacy, forgets it in their bag, and flies into the USA we don’t pay tax money to imprison them for years. We take it, ban them, and send them back.
Why? Because they are careless, not smugglers.
The law does not universally require "intent", I might not intend to speed in my car or fuck a 17 year old, but if it happens I am still responsible.
You missed the part where I wrote “in smuggling cases”.
ETA: you also listed examples that do require intent… like omg I accidentally fucked a 17 year old.
Or omg my car just drove itself too fast.
What? Think then type.
But why would you ban them, if they didn't do anything illegal?
You basically confirm that it is illegal. Now it's just about the punishment.