Comments on: Violent home invasion suspects have been arrested 50 times

By: Benthecat

Benthecat — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 13:25:00 +0000

I am glad you are not a judge… You really are not sure they should be locked up?

By: El Torito

El Torito — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 10:00:00 +0000

The problem is that the College of Lawyers in Costa Rica rarely, if ever, polices its own. The phrase I was given was, “A fireman does not step on another fireman’s hose.” Consequently, we have a great many unregulated corrupt lawyers who play the system to their advantage any way they want and, of course, many of those individuals become judges.

By: Ken Morris

Ken Morris — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 04:23:00 +0000

As hesitant as I am to lend my voice to the lock-’em-up chorus, at some point you do have to wonder WTF is going on. I mean, there are gringos sitting in jail simply because they don’t have receipts showing that Social Security is paying their child support and we all know that we gringos risk preventative detention for an expired parking meter, yet they let these guys off and off and off? Clearly the cops are doing their jobs, since these guys keep getting arrested, but WTF is going on in the courts?

By: Mad Harry

Mad Harry — Mon, 15 Jul 2013 21:37:00 +0000

and you wonder why we left Costa Rica..we only visit now and come prepared with a little mace in the face for protection as well as a stun gun…

By: mhogan

mhogan — Mon, 15 Jul 2013 21:27:00 +0000

Funny, I’ve been hearing pura mierda more often lately than I’ve heard pura vida — from both Ticos and Gringos. Looks like a dose of reality is hitting the fan.

By: Fernando

Fernando — Mon, 15 Jul 2013 21:08:00 +0000

pura vida

By: georgechapogas

georgechapogas — Mon, 15 Jul 2013 18:20:00 +0000

yeah, but those are all “crackheads” reported by people “that barely speak Spanish”.

By: prdatki

prdatki — Mon, 15 Jul 2013 15:26:00 +0000

Donna Laura needs to be fired, People neeed to be armed and trained. Instead of just sitting in prision , prisoners need to do hard labor, raies there own food, build other prisons ,make big rocks in to gravel!

By: michaelwink

michaelwink — Mon, 15 Jul 2013 15:23:00 +0000

Remember in Costa Rica, they can only apply the law relative to the charges of the day. Historical criminal records cannot be mentioned in court.

By: mhogan

mhogan — Mon, 15 Jul 2013 15:23:00 +0000

“these violent thugs”, as you call them, have families to support. You can’t possibly put the pobrecitos in jail–they are only trying to make a living as best they can. Of course, it never occurred to productively work–it’s far easier to steal what you want–with the blessing of the state.