Sentence Is Cut for U.S. Student Who Broke Quarantine
Skylar Mack, 18, was sentenced to four months in prison for violating coronavirus restrictions in the Cayman Islands. After an outcry, her sentence was reduced to two months on Tuesday.
Skylar Mack was sentenced to four months in jail for violating quarantine laws in the Cayman Islands before her sentence was cut in half on Tuesday
Published Dec. 22, 2020Updated Jan. 19, 2021
A panel of judges in the Cayman Islands on Tuesday cut the sentence of an American college student who violated the territory’s coronavirus laws to two months from four months after her lawyers argued that the punishment was too harsh.
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Jeanne Mack, grandmother of the U.S. student jailed in the Cayman Islands for violating quarantine laws, speaks out on ‘America’s Newsroom.’
The grandmother of a Georgia college student who was jailed in the Cayman Islands for failing to follow coronavirus quarantine guidelines told Fox News on Monday that she has written to President Trump seeking the U.S. government s help in the case.
Jeanne Mack made the remark ahead of an appeals court hearing Tuesday for Mercer University student Skylar Mack and her boyfriend, Cayman Islands-based competitive jet-skier Vanjae Ramgeet, who each have received four-month sentences. She’s terrified. She called me last night, she couldn’t sleep, Jeanne Mack told Fox News when asked about the hearing.
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