www.CostaRicaTicas.com

I hope you're correct. Even though he brought this on himself, I don't think he should've been imprisoned. But, who knows? It's a bad situation. If they get a conviction that may embolden them to go after others they perceive"may" be breaking their laws.

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I would imagine the money you have, the better plea bargain you get which is not good in CD's situation. It's possible that they thought being a gringo he had money, and when they found out he didn't have money they decided to just leave him in jail.

Doesn't have money? I thought all gringos, especially those traveling overseas, are rich!

Costa Rica has a system by which you can get out of a criminal charge by negotiating with then paying 'damages' to the wronged party. However, I have no idea how it works when the 'wronged party' is the country itself. I've heard many instances of people 'buying their way out of trouble' usually by paying a substantial sum to the victim or his/her relatives, but never heard of anyone doing a plea bargain like we think of it in the U.S..

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The only thing that matters is happiness in all it forms...

I miss Irish Drifter's clarity on these matters.

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bypassin' kinky, and usin' the whole chicken!!!

Looks like he has a court date tomorrow, Sept 8th.

He (and his people) cannot help himself.

On his website, it says: While it is difficult to believe Dave will receive a fair trial in Costa Rica...

Is this something that a sane person would publicly post knowing that they probably monitor his website?

It's almost like he wants to go to jail for 8 years.

Bud, 12 hours in there was too much for me. I'd have killed myself long before this. He is clearly more of a man than I.

Who knows, maybe he likes it in there.

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bypassin' kinky, and usin' the whole chicken!!!

those phucking pictures they have on the side of his website of San Sebastian have scared me straight, even before thinking about doing something illegal.

It's like the stereotypical scene in every movie about south/central America with 30 guys in a cell or wanting to kill/rape/hurt the gringo.

++1000

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The distance between fear and desire is blurring here, in your words. I'm not quite sure if you are fantasizing or just imagining.

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bypassin' kinky, and usin' the whole chicken!!!

You should count your blessings that your asshole is still intact after your little ordeal. Or am I being too presumptuous?

In the interest of fairness let me publish the rest of the quote: [/quote][i]While it is difficult to believe Dave will receive a fair trial in Costa Rica, it is important that he receive a competent defense[/i].[/quote]


First of all Dave has little or no control with what is being posted on the internet as he is locked up without any real access to the rest of the world. Second, when people are incarcerated in a manner in which CD is they sometimes act in ways that they shouldn't. The may lose some of their sanity.

Sanity is an illusive concept. Some people may think anyone who post 12,000 times on an internet website, often times with over 100 post on the same topic, is insane. It is just matter of perspective or opinion.

Unfortunately we do not have anyone who post on CRT who actually knows anything about the system of criminal justice in CR who could shed some light on what is likely to happen.

Now back to the quote, the person who published the quote is on the right path. If the CR authorites were being fair they would sentence CD to credit time served, now over a year, and kick him out of the country without leave to ever come back. Behind all of this is the fact that the underlying activity for which he is incarcerated "Promoting CR as destination for sexual tourism" is legal. We dont see the CR authorities closing down any whorehouses do we? They dont care if they have prostitution you just cant post about on the internet. The law is repugnant and against any concept of fairness. CD could wind up doing more time for being an egotistical blowhard than someone else does for killing or raping someone. That's phucked up !

I left out the rest of the quote because it's irrelevant. Even if it said, "Costa Rica is the happiest place on earth" it wouldn't change the fact that he just shit on the CR criminal justice system (I use that term loosely).

Even if you think something is not right/fair/correct/just, doesn't mean you have to open your trap and let your opinion be known all the time. People need to learn to bite their tongue (i.e. STFU) when necessary.

Btw-Yes, I do think CD has say over what is posted on his website. The rest of the internet, not so much.

Is sanity an illusive or elusive concept? ....or both?