fax wrote:

John Bingham wrote: ↑Thu Aug 09, 2018 12:09 pm When they were trying to arrest him here in 2006 he tried to crash through a police barrier and crashed and got caught up in barbed wire.

Cam Nivag wrote: ↑Thu Aug 09, 2018 12:46 pm If you're wondering why his conviction was overturned, here's the gist:


http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/o ... -50095.pdf

We hold that a conviction under § 2423(c), when based
on a defendant’s travel in foreign commerce, requires proof
that the illicit sexual conduct occurred while the defendant
was traveling. If, as Pepe maintains, he relocated to
Cambodia in March 2003, then the statute does not apply to
him.

The government appears to dispute Pepe’s claim that he
had resettled in Cambodia, citing among other things Pepe’s
post-arrest letters to the U.S. ambassador and various family
members expressing his intent to register his Cambodian
marriage and return to the United States with his wife.
Because the jury was not properly instructed on the travel
element, we vacate Pepe’s convictions and sentence. On
remand, should the government elect to retry him, it will
need to prove that he was still traveling when he committed
illicit sexual conduct.

prahocalypse now wrote: ↑Thu Aug 09, 2018 1:12 pm
Does that mean that Americans can only be convicted in the USA for child sex crimes committed in Cambodia if they were on a tourist visa?