Lying on a U.S. Passport Application Earns How Much Prison Time?

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Manshack: Favorably compares US prisons to China prison camps
Orange County's Chrisstian Pax Joseph Manshack lied on his U.S. passport application so he could flee the country for Asia in the hopes of outrunning domestic violence charges.

But any relief Manshack felt when he first landed in Thailand evaporated while in China.

Communist agents arrested him for overstaying his welcome and tossed him into a nasty, mountain prison that had scary military guards and no windows to shield occupants from cold weather.

Manshack was forced to march, prevented from cleaning, crapped in a stinky hole, ordered to memorize Chinese rules and given tiny amounts of rice to eat and water to drink each day. 

He quickly lost 30 pounds and feared he'd never get out. 

The nightmare lasted 70, grueling days until Chinese officials deported him back to California.

Nowadays, Manshack--a Louisiana native who grew up in the San Jose area--thinks that he's got it good inside the relatively luxurious Santa Ana Jail

Because lying on a passport application is a felony--he concocted a fake letter claiming a business event in Thailand, Assistant United States Attorney Sandy N. Leal at the Ronald Reagan Federal Courthouse in Santa Ana sought a 10-month prison term.

But this week, U.S. District Court Judge Cormac J. Carney sentenced Manshack, a 34-year-old Yorba Linda resident, to a term of eight months of incarceration. 

Carney probably liked that Manshack has taken responsibility for his criminal past (which includes robbery), grew up in an abusive childhood and endured the horrors of a Chinese prison camp.

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jeffnilson
jeffnilson

I know him, he is a really good person actually. I used to work with him and he is a very intelligent person. He had a bad upbringing and people tried to take advantage of him that put him in a bad situation. I hope he succeeds which I am sure he will, he worked in engineering for us and he was quite talented. I don't know why you people are trying bash him.

What you don't know is that the woman who accused him of domestic violence was an illegal immigrant named Carlene Co from the phillipennes trying to use the system to get her papers.  She lied in court and had even done the exact same thing to her ex husband.  On top of that she got pregnant by someone else and then told him it was his baby.  She was a real head case.  She came to one of our company functions and was trying to throw herself on anyone she thought had money.    In California illegals can "self sponsor" if they can prove that they were some how abused.  This is total bogus.  I know this guy he is smart and capable and I am sure the he is going to come out on top.

JeffNilson
JeffNilson

I know him, he is a really good person actually. I used to work with him and he is a very intelligent person. He had a bad upbringing and people tried to take advantage of him that put him in a bad situation. I hope he succeeds which I am sure he will, he worked in engineering for us and he was quite talented. I don't know why you people are trying bash him.  What you people don't know is that the domestic violence charges were trumped up by a illegal immigrant from the phillipennes trying to get her papers.  It happens all the time Illegals trying to accuse citizens so they can "self sponsor"  Her name was Carlene Co and she did it to her ex husband as well but the charges were thrown out of court in LA county.  You people judge this poor man who only did as best as he could given a lying witch who tried to frame him.  I know this guy, he is going to come out of this on top. 

rickpatterson
rickpatterson

well this guy saved my brothers life in prison so I don't care what you say about him.

badkarma
badkarma like.author.displayName 1 Like

You are so right nevernever. -  he is back at it.  This time it is elder abuse. This guy is scum.

nevernever
nevernever like.author.displayName 1 Like

I know this guy and trust me he is a loser in every since of the word.  Once told people he was a doctor, but never graduated community college.  He's been down a spiraling road since he was a teen, and refused to take responsibilty for his own actions even as an adult.  Feel no sympathy for a crook.  Has he learned his lesson.............no.  He'll be back at it soon enough.

Sean Henschel
Sean Henschel

Other countries don't treat "Illegal Immigration" so welcoming like our bonehead country does. We need to do the same.

Dave StClair
Dave StClair like.author.displayName 1 Like

What happened to the domestic violence charges?

Phil Maurer
Phil Maurer

" no windows to shield from freezing weather". Umm err that makes little sense.

Shaunna Johnson
Shaunna Johnson

They should have kept him in China. Hell ship all the murders and child molesters over there to serve their time. Show them what real hard time is

Fong Trinh
Fong Trinh

Will it cost less to treat our prisoners as if they were committed in China?

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