While I agree this should not be politicized as a Trump vs Obama situation, let us not forget the young man was shown to be in a restricted area stealing a poster in a foreign country that has a dictatorship. He and his family expected American laws to be applied to him? Whether or not if you agree with their laws and punishments you are in their country. The United States does have its own issues with the laws being applied justly in this country. If you choose to go to a country that you believe has a hostile judicial system and break their laws it is not youthful indiscretion it is arrogance and stupidity at its finest. I'm sorry that this young man has paid a terrible price for his actions, but they are off his own making.