OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A former Altus doctor who allegedly brought his child bride to Oklahoma in 2004 is scheduled to be released from custody tomorrow after more than three years in jail.
A federal judge has ordered 51-year-old Alexander Miles to be released to a halfway house in Oklahoma City.
Miles was indicted after traveling to Cambodia in 2001 to meet a 14-year-old girl who he later married and brought to the U.S. using false papers and later moved to Altus.
The original charges against him were dismissed after a judge found the indictment did not charge him with a crime under Oklahoma law.
Prosecutors refiled the charge and Miles appealed. He claims double jeopardy prohibits the filing of new charges.
Judges on the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in March 2007 but have not issued a ruling and the case is still pending.
A federal judge has ordered 51-year-old Alexander Miles to be released to a halfway house in Oklahoma City.
Miles was indicted after traveling to Cambodia in 2001 to meet a 14-year-old girl who he later married and brought to the U.S. using false papers and later moved to Altus.
The original charges against him were dismissed after a judge found the indictment did not charge him with a crime under Oklahoma law.
Prosecutors refiled the charge and Miles appealed. He claims double jeopardy prohibits the filing of new charges.
Judges on the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in March 2007 but have not issued a ruling and the case is still pending.
4 comments:
Give people a chance is love and accepted in Cambodia!
Actually, the girl represented herself as 18 and had supporting documents i.e. birth certificate. The doctor was only made aware of the true facts after their breakup.
Are we supporting too much these white westerner...?
They come and fuck young girls in Cambodia.
Well in fact, we support too much white peoples...
Cambodia is a wonderful country with beautiful people.
Under US Federal and US state laws it is not a crime to have sex with your spouse, even if she is a minor. Dr. Miles married the girl in a ceremony in Phnom Penh with the family and friends present and pursuant to the permission of her parents. Upon the girl's arrival in the US, the couple was married again in a ceremony in City Hall of New York. Dr. Miles remains a doctor and lawyer in good standing and will become very rich (or richer, rather) due to the lawsuits against, among others, members of the US Department of Justice who initiated prosecution without any legal authority. The case was dismissed immediately after the jury was sworn in since the conduct specified in the indictment was legal, and the US Government's desperate attempt to re-file is barred under the double jeopardy provision of the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution.
This was not a mail order bride situation or a case of human trafficking.
Yours sincerely,
Otto Krum
Attorney at Law
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