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If he's not a suspect and has nothing to fear, why are they so desperate to find him?

• tptacek 14y ago
  This comes up a lot in stories about fugitives. Depending on the jurisdiction, it may not be possible to label someone a "suspect" absent either smoking gun evidence or a formal interview. Take stories about the legal status of people implicated in crimes with a grain of salt, at least until you're sure of the technical meanings of the terms being used in that jurisdiction are.
  • kylec 14y ago
    Oh sure, but the tone of the two people on CNN made it seem like he was crazy for not wanting to turn himself in. I highly suspect that if/when he ever gets in custody, he won't be out of it for a long time.
• analog 14y ago
  Whether he's innocent or guilty who knows, but there does seem to be reason to fear police custody either way. From Amnesty International; "Abuses by police There were several reports of abuses by police, including torture, ill-treatment and arbitrary detention. * Three men, a father and his two sons, were arrested separately in July, on suspicion of withholding evidence related to a bank robbery. All three were reportedly beaten and subjected to electric shock torture before being released without charge." http://www.amnestyusa.org/our-work/countries/americas/belize http://www.amnestyusa.org/our-work/countries/americas/belize