Call me old fashion, but we need a general purge in DR, get rid of all the scoundrels that do nothing but cause harm to society in general. We desperately need the death penalty and to apply it in accordance to the law. In the case of this fellow, he was involved in child prostitution; that alone is enough to have him shot. Crimes like murder and rape should not be tolerated and those individuals that commit these crimes don’t deserve to be part of society; so death is what they deserve.

No! Tax dollars should not be spent to house these monsters. There are some disgusting and sick minds in the world, and they are a lot closer to us than we know. If we would hang them on the court house steps for a crowd to see, maybe the rest of the sickos would think twice before they commit crimes. In this case, I think we should hang em by their privates!

By the way, I would be glad to volunteer for the job to get rid of them!

ElSuavecito, exclaims
"No! Tax dollars should not be spent to house these monsters."
Read the article again - he will not be housed any longer, he will be released.
He's an "urban merengue singer" remember - part of the cultural heritage of this country.
(Merengue = walking on the spot to the most boring, repetitive "music" and calling it dancing)

So this guy has been rotting since 2003 because of these scumbags and now the criminals decide to drop the case? What a bunch of discredited scumbags. The USA representation should be expelled from the country. This case and all future cases CLOSED. Expose the criminals.

RoyStone,

Birds of a feather flock together - Are you a sex tourists?

As I understand it, he was wanted for crimes in USA. The fact they dropped the extradition request, suggests they have insufficient evidence for a conviction, or that he has already served long enough in custody in the Dominican Republic.

Probably he will make a "song" now of how cool he is!

RoyStone,

In my view, he should have been executed long ago instead of wasting tax-payers money rotting in jail for almost ten years. Do you realize what we could do with the money being spent on education. We PROBABLY spend so much more on inmates than on students. It seems preposterous (to me at least) that we spend so much more on inmates than on students. Nonetheless , after scrutinizing the time that inmates spend in prison (24 hours a day 365 days a year) versus the time that students spend in school (about 4 hours a day and 190 days a year), more money is spent on students than on the inmates, if students were to spend 24 hours a day, 365 days a year in school, the cost per student for a year would be about three times the inmate cost. Now wouldn't that be nice. More educated students. Less incarcerated criminals.

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The moral of my thought is that these good for nothing low-lives criminals are not worth a dime of taxpayers money, not at the expense of others of far greater value than nefarious low-lives that will NEVER be deemed rehabilitated by the passage of time.

ElSuavecito,
Neither you or I know if this guy's guilty or not. Obviously the Americans don't think they have enough evidence for a conviction. Maybe the woman they thought was a day under 18 years old, turned out to be a day over - we don't know, but that can be the difference between guilty and not guilty. Regardless he has not been tried or convicted, yet you want him executed anyway?
I agree the cost of keeping criminals is a terrible waste, however I do not believe in capital punishment because sometimes they get it wrong (particularly in this country) and execution is irreversible.
Perhaps you can explain how that view makes me a "sex tourist"?

RoyStone,

If you still need more proof, then go google it - “EEUU retira pedido extradicion contra merenguero “Franklin The Boss”

Well what I can see here, is that most of you, making this kind of comment about getting this man executed or killed. Don't know how to read or are stupid enough to the point that don't retain what you read. Just to help you understand the news, this man has been convicted wrongly and spent 11 months in a Dominican Jail. (worst than any other jail in the world) He is on of the most talented singer in that country, and a very hard working man.
You have to understand that the US law would never free somebody they know is a criminal just like that. What this inocent man should do now is to run a very heavy Lawsuit against the Us and all of you talking Shit.

Sicario,
Thanks for the update. Do you have more information on how he was convicted in the fist place, and what was wrong with the judgement?
Whether he is a hard worker or a talented singer or not, has no bearing on his conviction, however it is relevant if he seeks compensation for unjustified incarceration.
Perhaps he should have been extradited immediately, then he would have been cleared during his trial in USA, and not had to spend 11 months in a Dominican hell-hole?

Perhaps he should be extradited via Frist Class charter flight to squeeze the american fool faster of their extorted tax money. Deport some, extradite more. Bilking you both ways. Soon america's bankruptcy cannot be ignored, thanks to this c r a p

Probably soon the Pope will beatify this nice young man.

calvoleon,
I know the Vatican changed the rules for beatification, so that Pope John Paul II could be made a saint in less than the usual 5 years after death. Have the changed it again so they can be beatified while still alive? Saint Ratzinger - got a ring to it!

The pope will take him into the confession cubicle and reeducate this fine young boy