Originally Posted by harvey

now, out of jokes and putting things in perspective: if it's forbidden by law and you know the risks and yet you choose to do it, then you were looking for it. Simple as that. It sounds very retrograde and strange, but think of this: most people thinks death penalty in USA is from stone age to say the least. So, both have death penalty, what changed here is the crime.

Even more perspective: ASSUMING THIS IS TRUE, he doesn't even have a excuse like "I stole because my family was in need" or "I killed in self defense" or even "I murdered because my dog told me so". He knowingly broke a law doing something he was prepared for, but in an illegal way (for the laws in his country, not for ours, of course). He could have programmed a phone app or something legal. He chose not to. Well, as fucked up as it sounds, now he has to face the consequences. ASSUMING THIS IS TRUE.