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a story for you...

there once was a boy of 25, we'll call him nguyen, who's brother was dangerously in debt. nguyen wanted to help his brother and didn't know how. he saw his brother stressing over his inability to pay his bills and it worried nguyen. nguyen had always been a very caring boy, often taking the problems of the ones he loved, as his own.

one day nguyen got some advice that seemed like the answer to all of his brother's problems. it was a little risky, but nguyen thought that anything was better than seeing his brother continue under this kind of pressure.

a few weeks later, nguyen found himself stopping over in singapore, on his way back to his hometown in australia, from cambodia, with 14 ounces of heroin strapped to his back. sweat poured down his face as he waited in line at customs. singapore's authorities are supposed to be the most thorough, and sure enough, when it was nguyen's turn, the officers found the heroin and took him into custody.

nguyen's trial was swift. he was sentenced to death by hanging.

all over the world, people started one by one to take notice of this unfortunate case. the australian government, amnesty international, the UN, and even the Vatican took notice of this young boy on death row in singapore for a drug trafficking charge.

how does the story end? that's up to you. he's sentenced to die dec. 2nd.

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posted by Courtney at 10:18 a.m.

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