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Originally Posted by katygirl68
He didn't know what would happen. You posted a reply before I edited it with a hypothetical. If your son called you from Bangkok saying he found heroin slipped in his luggage, would you tell him to go to the authorities or flush it down the toilet?
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OMG, it is not even close to being the same as smuggling heroin!
Tourism from westerners is their biggest source of income, you think they are going to toss American tourists in jail and throw away the key?
They have a bail system just like ours, the guides are out on bail now, this is not some 16th century medieval government who are going to throw people in the dungeon, nor boil them nor shrink their heads.
Historically, poaching is little more than a slap on the wrist, something many animal rights groups (especially elephant protection groups as they are going extinct from poaching quite quickly) have been fighting for years. He made this a much bigger deal by slinking off secretly, JMO.
From Wiki:
Judicial
"The judiciary is headed by the Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court of Zimbabwe who, like their contemporaries, is appointed by the President on the advice of the Judicial Service Commission.
The Constitution has a Bill of Rights containing extensive protection of human rights. The Bill of Rights could not be amended for the first 10 years of independence except by unanimous vote of Parliament.
The Supreme Court is the highest court of order and the final court of appeal. The Chief Justice,
Godfrey Chidyausiku, is the senior judge. Others who sit on the bench of the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe are Justice
Paddington Garwe, former Judge-President of the High Court, Wilson Sandura, Vernanda Ziyambi and Luke Malaba.
The legal system is based on
Roman-Dutch law with
South African influences. A five member Supreme Court, headed by the Chief-Justice has original jurisdiction over alleged violations of fundamental rights guaranteed in the constitution and appellate jurisdiction over other matters. There is a High Court consisting of general and appellate divisions. Below the High Court are regional magistrate's courts with civil jurisdiction and magistrate's courts with both civil and criminal jurisdiction over cases involving traditional law and custom. Beginning in 1981, these courts were integrated into the national system."
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