It sucks he didn't get 2+ years. The prosecution can appeal the sentence (whether or not they actually will, I don't know), and at the very least he is forced to register as a sex offender which has implications for him when he gets sent back to the US.
It's a bit complicated because only Canada, UK, Australia, and New Zealand are considered to have an equivalent legal system to the US and result in an automatic registration requirement. Convictions from other countries are based on the latest human rights reports from the state department - which is generally positive for South Korea, so the prevailing opinion in online legal commentary is that he will be required to register in the US.
I haven't seen a full break down of this yet though so I don't know. It's not guaranteed but it's not nothing.
6 months with labour. Slap on the wrist
It sucks he didn't get 2+ years. The prosecution can appeal the sentence (whether or not they actually will, I don't know), and at the very least he is forced to register as a sex offender which has implications for him when he gets sent back to the US.
See "Foreign Convictions" near the top: https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/28/72.7
It's a bit complicated because only Canada, UK, Australia, and New Zealand are considered to have an equivalent legal system to the US and result in an automatic registration requirement. Convictions from other countries are based on the latest human rights reports from the state department - which is generally positive for South Korea, so the prevailing opinion in online legal commentary is that he will be required to register in the US.
I haven't seen a full break down of this yet though so I don't know. It's not guaranteed but it's not nothing.
What are we, chopped liver?
--Belize, the Bahamas, Jamaica and numerous even smaller island nations
Unless the US law says if you've been convicted in another country you have to register as one in US.
Which it does.
It's a start. The prosecution can appeal the sentence.
Yeah, it's a good start. I doubt he will be causing more trouble in SK.
He won't, because the second that he gets out of prison they'll drive him to the airport and deport his retarded ass.
I don't blame them, they want to punish him but they don't want to spend money to keep him in the country.
I think that's reasonable considering he's been stuck there for even longer during the trial.