Here's an example out of the US that is a prime example of why the legal system there is so messed up. A woman from my hometown of Hamilton, Ontario has been detained by US border guards:
Hamilton woman, 74, arrested at border on decades-old drug charge
The Canadian Press
TORONTO; U.S. Customs and Border Protection says a 74-year-old Hamilton woman has been arrested on a drug warrant issued nearly 30 years ago in New York.
CBP says officers arrested Homenella Cole on Tuesday as she arrived at the Lewiston-Queenston border crossing in Lewiston, N.Y.
Officials say Cole was at the bridge to apply for a criminal waiver that would allow her to enter the U.S. as a visitor.
A warrant was issued on April 1, 1980, by the New York City Police Department charging Cole with possession with the intent to distribute marijuana.
Cole was arrested on the outstanding warrant and is in the custody of the New York State Police pending extradition to New York City.
Beyond your personal beliefs on marijuana, and beyond your beliefs on whether age should have played a part in pardoning this woman, how can a country in deficit justify paying the cost of a) incarcerating this woman, b) providing transportation to New York City, c) providing a public defender, d) holding a trial on a 30 year old charge of possession with intent?
This is so messed up. I can only guess that a government that is so pre-occupied with prosecuting international terrorists will certainly publish a banner headline about their capture and lockup of this international "terrorist". You know she was up to causing trouble as she promptly reported to immigration, without trying to sneak across, and apply for a pardon.
"How many condemnations I have witnessed more criminal than the crime!" - Michel de Montaigne