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If you don't have money you take a deal and plead guilty. If you have money, you can drag things out for years.

Yeah but they froze most of his assets initially so he didn't have money to defend himself.

It's been a mix of luck, US Government mishandling the case and the tenacity of Kim.

>It's been a mix of luck, US Government mishandling the case and the tenacity of Kim

Don't forget the local (NZ) mishandlings.

Yep. I don't think many people can make the claim that they have had a head of state apologize to them on national TV.