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**TOD4wDTQ** · 09-22-2012, 05:28 AM

There is some justification for Steven Willcox challenging his sentence. Depending on the country, people of other nationalities shipped home from a Thai prison are often released by their own prison authorities after a year or two-sometimes it can be months. I have read this is often the case in the USA.
The UK is almost alone on insisting repatriated prisoners serve the sentence they were given by the Thai courts in full.

I believe it depends on the actual agreement between Thailand and the repatriating country.

Previously Swedes who were transferred back home still had to serve the sentence they were given in Thailand in full, but this was changed a few years ago where Sweden now have the right to change the sentence to Swedish standards.

09-22-2012, 05:28 AM	#13
TOD4wDTQ Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 514 Senior Member	There is some justification for Steven Willcox challenging his sentence. Depending on the country, people of other nationalities shipped home from a Thai prison are often released by their own prison authorities after a year or two-sometimes it can be months. I have read this is often the case in the USA. The UK is almost alone on insisting repatriated prisoners serve the sentence they were given by the Thai courts in full. I believe it depends on the actual agreement between Thailand and the repatriating country. Previously Swedes who were transferred back home still had to serve the sentence they were given in Thailand in full, but this was changed a few years ago where Sweden now have the right to change the sentence to Swedish standards.
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