Student faces 10 years in Japanese jail for pot cookies

[Bucky]

A Colorado School of Mines chemical engineering student remains in a Japanese jail after a friend of his says he mailed the student three cookies and four pieces of candy infused with marijuana.

Japanese prosecutors appear to be using the country's very strict anti-drug laws to go after 25-year-old Tim Wilson. Wilson was attending Tohuku University in Sendai, Japan, as an exchange student when he was arrested back in August.

He's remained in custody ever since.

"They keep pushing the trial back," his father Jeff Wilson said on Wednesday. "Originally, they told us it would be no later than Oct. 24. Then they told us December, and then two weeks ago we found out it would be in January."

Tim Wilson's friend agreed to speak with 9NEWS on Wednesday if we agreed not to use his name. He said in May he mailed three peanut butter cookies and four "Cheeba Chews" to Tim Wilson inside a package containing other items such as books and CD's.

Learning a lesson the hard way. I am sure he is grateful to his pal back home for the care package.

more here. . .

[Midwinter]

Learning a lesson the hard way. I am sure he is grateful to his pal back home for the care package.

more here. . .

Can they really prosecute the student for this? It seems to me without evidence of an attempt to procure such goods, their arrival in the mail would only warrant a simple confiscation, search of his premises and perhaps a warning. Otherwise it's become very easy to have people I dislike thrown in jail.

[Mock Cockpit]

Can they really prosecute the student for this? It seems to me without evidence of an attempt to procure such goods, their arrival in the mail would only warrant a simple confiscation, search of his premises and perhaps a warning. Otherwise it's become very easy to have people I dislike thrown in jail.

I bet this wasn't the first shipment.

[Bucky]

I wonder if someone mailed a box of Mary Jane laced cookies to the Chief of Police in Sendai to demonstrate how stooopid this seems.

[2triky]

I wonder if someone mailed a box of Mary Jane laced cookies to the Chief of Police in Sendai to demonstrate how stooopid this seems.

Mail him some black tar opium & some women's underwear to show some extra love for the guy.

[Ketou]

I bet this wasn't the first shipment.

I bet that was an assumption.

[matsuki]

Can they really prosecute the student for this? It seems to me without evidence of an attempt to procure such goods, their arrival in the mail would only warrant a simple confiscation, search of his premises and perhaps a warning. Otherwise it's become very easy to have people I dislike thrown in jail.

THIS, he didn't even receive the package...

Is this shit on reddit yet? If not, someone needs to post it with the chief prosecutor's mailing address.

[Ketou]

They can still charge him...but they now have to prove intent. Without evidence of him requesting or ordering the goods they are going to need a "confession".

[Coligny]

stinky case as hell, even the basterd from the french police need the person to receive the parcel to make arrest. So when they know, they just go along with the mail man... upon delivery they arrest ANY people receiving the parcel (even your grandma) for possession of whatever was illegal init...

[Greji]

stinky case as hell, even the basterd from the french police need the person to receive the parcel to make arrest. So when they know, they just go along with the mail man... upon delivery they arrest ANY people receiving the parcel (even your grandma) for possession of whatever was illegal init...

That was the law in Japan, unless it has been changed recently. Authorities must make a controlled delivery to show receipt and intent. There have been cases where the recipient has beat the charge with an affidavit from the sender saying that the recipient did not know, nor "order," what was in the package. Needless to say the sender did not come to Japan.

[matsuki]

That was the law in Japan, unless it has been changed recently. Authorities must make a controlled delivery to show receipt and intent. There have been cases where the recipient has beat the charge with an affidavit from the sender saying that the recipient did not know, nor "order," what was in the package. Needless to say the sender did not come to Japan.

They're probably just trying their best to work a confession out of him While the rest of the world shakes their head.

[Mock Cockpit]

I bet that was an assumption.

I also bet if Tim had've copped to it he might have been out of the clink and back in Colorado already. Heads they win, tails you lose. I also wonder if it wasn't hash oil in which case the prosecutor may be taking an even dimmer view. Anyway whatever happens from now he's one fucked gaijin. Yay drug war.

[hu5h]

I bet that was an assumption.

u're just assuming he is innocent?

fucking druggies..

[xenomorph42]

They can still charge him...but they now have to prove intent. Without evidence of him requesting or ordering the goods they are going to need a "confession".

This being Japan, I am quite sure getting a confession out of this guy will be no problem. They can virtually detain him or keep him incarcerated for a long time. Time is on there hands and since Japan is not the US, they won't let him lawyer up, so go figure.

[6810]

OT... but...

Anyone know about the guy(s) busted in Hamamatsu earlier this month for pot?

There was a thread on Gaijinpot but it got pulled before I could read it. My sleuthing skills are minimal... anyone know anything?

[matsuki]

u're just assuming he is innocent?

fucking druggies..

He might be a druggie but the point is he's being busted for someone else sending him pot cookies....that he didn't even accept or receive....by that logic we can have anyone we want arrested or detained.

[Ketou]

u're just assuming he is innocent?

You're just assuming that?

fucking druggies..

That ad hominem is directed where?

[Level3]

If Tim wants revenge, he can send some good ol' Japanese kiddie pr0n to his former friend in the USA before he gets deported. See whose life gets fucked up more.

[james]

fucking druggies..

head up your arse much? you're either a hypocrite asshole or a puritan asshole - regardless, an asshole.

i've seen alcohol fuck up far more people than pot ever has and it's been shown that unlike pot (which is not a "gateway" drug), nicotine is. two perfectly legal controlled substances that are both health hazards.

qed, go fuck yourself.