repeter
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Re: U.S. Journalists Pardoned by North Korea Following Visit from Former President Bi
That's all fine and well, but the problem is that they weren't doing the alleged crime for certain. The DPRK thinks the girls were spying, and had entered illegally or whatever. There was doubt, and rather then put them to trial, as they should have done, they punished them for something that they allegedly did.
I am honestly torn on this issue.
Part of me, as an American, is outraged by the imprisonment of a US citizen. But on the other hand, the two reporters broke North Korean law. They were not arrested unfairly, they had broken one of the nation's laws. So part of me says they should have to serve their time. The imprisonment of the two journalists shouldn't be cruel and unusual, but it should not be prevented.
Whether they broke an American law or not, these two broke some of the laws of land and they had to pay the price for it. North Korea didn't sentence them to death or anything, they gave them the same punishment that any Korean would have received. The US government did not have the authority to step in and free them, because the reporters had broken a law.
That's all fine and well, but the problem is that they weren't doing the alleged crime for certain. The DPRK thinks the girls were spying, and had entered illegally or whatever. There was doubt, and rather then put them to trial, as they should have done, they punished them for something that they allegedly did.