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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGeorgia college student sentenced to 4 months in prison for breaking Cayman Islands' Covid-19 rules
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https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/18/us/college-student-prison-cayman-islands/index.html
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Georgia college student sentenced to 4 months in prison for breaking Cayman Islands' Covid-19 rules (Original Post)
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Dec 2020
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TexasTowelie
(112,140 posts)1. She is a medical student.
MaryMagdaline
(6,853 posts)3. Pre-med. she's only 18 - likely freshman or sophomore
Hugin
(33,135 posts)2. Her sentence was bumped up on an appeal from the prosecutors.
"According to the section about tourists' isolating upon arrival in the Cayman Islands' Covid-19 regulations, a 'person who contravenes this regulation commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of ten thousand dollars and to imprisonment for two years.'"
Here in the US of A, it's the people who try to follow the guidelines who are punished. Keep in mind, they want us all infected.
3catwoman3
(23,975 posts)4. "Pre-med" is a meant-to-impress synonym...
...for science major. It doesnt mean much.