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Originally posted by Hivetyrant:
No, I don't think the punishment fits the crime, but the fact remains that death is the penalty for smuggling drugs, and he was well aware of that 
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You folks are missing a key element. In any nation's laws that I'm aware of Ignorance of the Crime is NO DEFENSE. So, it matters not whether the guy KNEW it was against the law. And this doesn't even address the factual validity of assuming he did. Regardless, if you land in a country and find out too late that your polka-dotted shirt is illegal, to bad, so sad, doesn't matter whether you KNEW or not.
[ 11-30-2005, 09:51 AM: Message edited by: Timber Loftis ]