People misunderstand how freedom of speech works in the US. Yes, you can mouth off about how pedophiles are misunderstood and that raping kids somehow isn't destructive to them, but that doesn't mean you're immune to the consequences of saying such things. I have seen some idiots argue that child porn is protected by the First Amendment, and it's not. Even when the Supreme Court leaned liberal, it ruled CP isn't covered because it cannot be produced without hurting people.
And the minor consequences of this are people will despise you. You will be excluded from many jobs. But if on top of your edgelord opinions you have a huge stash of CP to worry about, you also just attracted the attention of the authorities and will be opened to increased scrutiny. Just expressing an opinion isn't probable cause, but it's a good reason to start looking into getting probable cause, much as if you publicly boasted about your drug dealing.
Nothing since November that I've seen.
Is the kid friendly bs changing under the current political climate?
lmao this faggot is gonna get his ass pounded hard by the law, both in the US and in Singapore.An update from the Singapore media. Apparently there was some sort of additional discovery that the defence needed to go through with the brat. Any guesses? I suppose it might help him with the case considering it is the defence that brought it up.
__________________________________________'Additional discovery' reviewed as Amos Yee remanded by US court on child porn charges
SINGAPORE: There has been an “additional discovery” in the case of Singaporean Amos Yee, who has been remanded in the US.Yee, 22, appeared via Zoom before a Chicago court on early Saturday morning (May 8) Singapore time for a short status hearing. Dressed in an orange jumpsuit and a surwww.channelnewsasia.com
There has been an “additional discovery” in the case of Singaporean Amos Yee, who has been remanded in the US.
Yee, 22, appeared via Zoom before a Chicago court on early Saturday morning (MaySingapore time for a short status hearing. Dressed in an orange jumpsuit and a surgical face mask, he did not speak and only nodded when addressed by the judge and lawyers.
In November last year, Yee pleaded not guilty to all charges related to his arrest for child pornography.
The public defender - a lawyer employed by the state in a criminal trial to represent a defendant who is unable to afford legal assistance - said he needed to visit Yee in remand to go over some matters with him.
“We did get an additional discovery that I was able to review and I need to go over that with Mr Yee. But I do believe we will likely have a disposition to this matter,” said lawyer Ali Ammoura, without specifying what the discovery was.
Yee is set to come before the court again on Jun 2, when a disposition is expected. A disposition is a court’s final determination in a criminal charge.
Yee was granted asylum in the United States four years ago.
He was arrested by US Marshals on Oct 14, 2020 at his apartment in Chicago’s Norwood Park East neighbourhood.
Police have charged him with child pornography and grooming, alleging that he exchanged nude photos with a 14-year-old Texas girl via WhatsApp.
The alleged incidents took place in 2019 between Feb 1 and Jun 30, and involved thousands of texts. When their relationship soured, the girl reached out to a group of people “interested in exposing paedophiles”, the court previously heard.
Yee has been in remand since his arrest, with a US$1 million bond.
If found guilty, Yee could lose his asylum status and be deported back to Singapore.
This is not Yee’s first brush with the law.
In 2015, Yee was jailed in Singapore for wounding religious feelings by making remarks about Christians. About a year later, Yee was jailed again and fined on a similar charge, this time for making remarks about Christians and Muslims.
In 2017, Yee was granted asylum in the US by a US immigration court, despite opposition from the Department of Homeland Security.
Hopefully, in 50 years we will get that first gay porn movie starring Amos Yee in prison of a lifetime and will be a co-American/Singaporean flick.
Amos will probably get like 5-10 years in prison if he's convicted here. If he gets deported to Singapore who knows though.
How many strokes of the cane do you get for pedophilia? His ass is gonna be hamburger
If he does time in the US and gets deported he’ll likely also do time again in Singapore upon arrival.
Or what's left of him. An unrepentant chomo in a US prison? Even in protected custody he'll be scared 24 hours a day.
He didn't just commit a crime, he got asylum from Singapore, implying it is a country you need to seek asylum from, and then humiliated the country with his crime. There's a serious loss of face issue and I'd be surprised if he didn't get more time and a caning.
I love that you guys assume that Singapore would even want to do anything to do with him. It's going to be a game of hot rotten potato.
I bet they want a piece of him. And they're stuck with him when we revoke his asylum anyway.
They do. They want to lock him up for refusing to perform his National Service at the very least, which is why he fled in the first place.
I kinda have a feeling he's going to be able to lift one up to his own head at some point.
He looks like he would die from sepsis after breaking his hand trying to pull the trigger.
Even if they didn't want him back, which they totally do, they would have no choice but to take him back because he's a Singaporean citizen. Unless he escapes to like North Korea or some country that is willing to take him and has no extradition treaty if the US kicks him out then he's got no option but to go home or petition some other country to take him on humanitarian rights.
