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I don’t think the prisoner comparison between US and China is fair. In the US we imprison people for possesion of small amounts of marijuana. Many states have 3 strikes laws for felonies, no matter how minor of a felony and imprison them for life. China executes immediately for many crimes, but we never hear about it.
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your right about that… my friend did jailtime for a suspended license.. 3 months… going to jail in the US for stupid things is a popular pastime.. but prison in the US is very profitable for many companies.. i did a little jailtime myself twice.. back home.. 6 months..
One of my co-workers just got robbed in San Jose Thursday night around 7:00 o’clock. He wasn’t coming from the bars flashing money, just walking a few meters to his car after work. ALL of the people I’ve asked have been robbed, mostly in San Jose, some in La Uruca, Bello Horizonte, Alajuela, ALL MORE THAN ONCE, these are Ticos. I leave work and never uses the bus at night because you are guaranteed to be robbed walking the 2-3 blocks to the bus stop. When I wait for a taxi in front of our building, which has 4 security guards, and typically 2 fuerza policia, I wait NOT on the sidewalks, but above the steps, always have my back against a wall.
You don’t know what you are talking about. Don’t give readers false sense of security, especially in San Jose. After 7:00PM, there’s much less people around San Jose – Paseo Colon, and it becomes very very dangerous.
On Tico Times, another american was reported murdered this week. For being only .8% of the population, Americans do get a big percentage of the crimes.
On another board someone who knew the gringo who was murdered in Esparza got the scoop from other old gringos who knew the murder victim. Seems he was in a bar, talking trash and flashing cash, and generally being a blowhard; he got lured outside by the female in the group that eventually killed him. This wasn’t the first time he had been robbed after shooting off his mouth in a bar, so I guess the guy was never going to learn his lesson. Yes, people who don’t engage in this kind of stupid behavior are also victims of crime, but your chances increase greatly if you are in the wrong spot at the wrong time and your faculties are compromised by the amount of alcohol you just slugged back and not knowing when to keep your fat trap shut!
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