Bryan

From his plea in court it sounds like he did what he is accused of, sorry clearly he does not deserve such a sentence but this is arrogance and thinking you can get away with something no doubt. Oh he is damn sorry now but probably thought he was being funny or clever stealing that banner at the time. You don't pull shit like that in certain parts of the world and he is paying big time.

I would have thought that the dude who got caned in Singapore would have been enough proof that you shouldn't act like a moron when you're an American student visiting a foreign country.

(Then again, that happened in 1994, which might as well have been the Jurassic Period to the kids who think that history began with Facebook.)

But for stealing a banner? I dunno, it was a dumb stunt but that confession was clearly coerced and the punishment hardly fits. Having said all that, going to North Korea is a very, very terrible idea.