they send a package to his house and he opens it, then they arrest him?
in the real story he kind of sells the drugs and recived money for them so they arrest him, but wouldnt in the context of the movie a lawyer could get him out quickly? he even says to his friend that he doesnt want the package so they cant even charge him with conspiracy.
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Did he say on the webcam that he agreed to receive them ?
I thought he told the kid "No" and the kid ignored him and sent it anyway.
The key to the kid being screwed and not being able to mount a legal defense is no one seemed to care... just because we saw what looked like an innocent kid opening a box for no reason other than curiousity - isn't how it would have played in court.
He was arrested because the current drug laws say that anyone caught in possession of a certain quantity of narcotics is classified as a dealer even though he had no intention to sell or distribute them, which is what a dealer does.
Because US is a police state under the draconian drug war.
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I don't know about you but I don't know anyone who is 1/4 samoan, 1/4 black, and 1/2 greek. Genes are funny, he could look like that for sure. The same way some people who are 1/2 white and 1/2 black can look 100% black or 100% white.
shareWhile typically 'darker' races/ethnicity have the more prominent genes that usually get passed (why most 1/2 black & 1/2 white kids look more black than white), it does on occasion happen where the genes 'lighter' skin race are more prominent in a child from mixed background. I know a couple that where the mother is 3/4 mexican and 1/4 white and where the father if 100% Mexican. Their first kid looks 100% Mexican but their 2nd kid looks 100% white (even much more white than the mom).
Genes can be weird like that.
As to you're on topic point, yeah, the whole charges bul!sh!t. I think it was a convenient way for the writers to setup up the story while making it appear as the kid was 100% innocent.
What I dont get is why the prosecution would let the drug dealer get a reduced sentence and frame a kid who is less guilty and give him a higher sentence?
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It is indeed strange that they would move down the ladder rather than up.
sharein Singapore, drug traffickers get a MANDATORY death sentence.
though in the movie it was merely a fleeting scene, the federal prosecutor said something like "possession of 500 grams can get a conviction for trafficking"; in Singapore, possession of merely 15 grams of heroin can result in a conviction -- with a MANDATORY death sentence. as the film mentions, mandatory sentencing precludes any and all mitigating factors, such as first-time offences, etc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Singapore#Misuse_of _Drugs_Act
i found it extremely disgusting that small-time drug offenders could get themselves and their families sucked into such life-threatening situations due directly to federal laws... but the case in the US is at least still primarily driven by the enforcement agency's desire to hunt down major distributors and kingpins (at least, officially).
the case in Singapore can be considered even worse... so-called "traffickers" are often small-timers, even first-timers, and usually can't provide even a small lead to the drug lords. but, they're given the stiffest MANDATORY sentencing for any drug offence in the world. death.
i sincerely hope that the US will not end up abusing mandatory sentencing the way Singapore has. mandatory sentencing should be considered an abuse of human rights, or at least perversion of justice, especially where extremely heavy sentences are involved.
drugs... are they really that bad? i mean, most of us simply stay clear of them... but for those unfortunate or stupid enough to get embroiled in the addiction/crimes... cartels vs enforcement gun wars and escalation... snitches and kidnappers... murders and mass graves... is it really worth all that? the insanity boggles the mind.
yeah it was a bad premise for the film. He said he didn't want the package, you can't just send a package to a buddies house then frame him. The only thing is that he knew what was coming and he signed for it, but that doesn't imply distribution.
shareThe sentencing is supposed to act as a deterrent, and I'm sure it does...for some. For the complete idiots who still mess around with drugs in Singapore in the face of a MANDATORY DEATH SENTENCE, well they took that risk. Everyone has a choice.
In the U.S. the justice system is so flawed I don't understand how people still commit crimes, leaving their lives in the hands of such a system!
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I am watching it right now and it looks like his friend set him up so that he could get a reduced sentence against the kid the rock's kid
shareTo me it was certainly a gap in logic for the arrest. it the Ebay age kid gets parcels all the time. And as mentioned he rebuffed the friend originally.
shareThe kid was stupid about it. First he should have left it unopened for a day or two then he could have said he didn't know what it was. But the main reason is because he ran which makes you seem guilty. And really, they know where he lives, what good would running do?
And we didn't see a scene of him agreeing to receive the package, but he could have called back afterward and worked out a deal, cause his mom came home and interrupted the first time.
We live in a world filled with deception. It's hard to pick out the truth.
Yeah, that's what must have happened since he told his dad that he did agree to receive it because he wanted to sample the drugs but not to sell them.
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