Thursday, July 11, 2002

 

I find the following news article to be an interesting twist on criminal law....
San Diego

A man being held in a Mexican prison on drug charges claims the U.S. Customs Service failed to remove nearly 40 pounds of marijuana from a sport utility vehicle sold at a government auction.
Francisco Rivera Agredano and his business partner were arrested at a checkpoint near Ensenada, Mexico, after soldiers found 22 packages of marijuana in a secret compartment underneath the upholstery wall of his 1987 Nissan Pathfinder.
But, in a legal claim Rivera asserts the marijuana wasn’t his but had been left there by the previous owner – who was arrested a year earlier trying to cross into the United States.

-------Press Democrat news services – 7/11/2002

A very interesting defense, don't you think? AND....it might even work....IF THEY WEREN'T IN MEXICO! Here in the good ol' U.S.A., you must be proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt....how can we doubt those schmucks missed 22 bags of Pacalolo. We've all heard worse, I'm sure.
The Brahma never leaves the friendly confines of the United States.

posted by ~Brahma 11:02 PM