# Joran van der Sloot to marry. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 31, 2013, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joran-van-der-sloot-to-marry/659818 "2013-05-31T22:34:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2013, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joran-van-der-sloot-to-marry/659818/21 "2013-06-01T18:09:15Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Actually I heard that if he marries a peruvian, he gets citizenship, which may help him not be extradited to America if and when he is ever released. It was suggested that this may be his reason to marry. But who knows. He’s already skated on the other murder, he won’t be getting extradited either way. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2013, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joran-van-der-sloot-to-marry/659818/22 "2013-06-01T20:12:22Z")
I’m beginning to doubt that Peruvian prisons are all that bad. Joran seems to be adapting quite well. He killed a prominent Peruvian’s daughter. I assumed Joran would be singled out in prison (accidents do happen). But instead he’s getting laid and soon married. > [@DigitalC](#): > > Oh, yeah you are right. Still better than peruvian prisons, which are notoriously harsh. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2013, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joran-van-der-sloot-to-marry/659818/23 "2013-06-01T20:24:32Z")
I think this is a prelude to a shortened sentence/early release. Now that he’s married to a Peruvian national, he can get residence. And his mother is daffy enough to fund his appeals-she already spent the family assets on defending her boy. But this woman must be crazy-in addition to murdering Natalie Holloway, he killed the Peruvian girl…plus two Columbian women vanished around the time he was in that country. This guy is a psychopath-but seems to be extremely attractive to girls-I don’t get it.:smack: ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joran-van-der-sloot-to-marry/659818/24 "2013-06-01T20:28:37Z")
The article says the prison he is in a a “modern” facility, so I doubt it is as harsh as you think it is, \*\*DigitalC \*\* ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2013, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joran-van-der-sloot-to-marry/659818/25 "2013-06-01T21:08:46Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > He’s already skated on the other murder, he won’t be getting extradited either way. IIRC, he’s up on extortion charges in America for offering to reveal details about Holloway for 250k. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2013, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joran-van-der-sloot-to-marry/659818/26 "2013-06-02T02:46:25Z")
I’m surprised that people are surprised by this. It’s really a repeat of an old story. > **[Passion and the Prisoner (Published 2005)](https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/28/magazine/passion-and-the-prisoner.html)** > > I once wanted to write a novel called ''Bad Taste,'' about a female character who has incomprehensibly rotten instincts when it comes to making romantic choices. While I was toying with this idea, I was also deeply enamored of a man whose... [http://rawjustice.com/2010/10/04/15-people-who-married-convicted-murderers/](http://rawjustice.com/2010/10/04/15-people-who-married-convicted-murderers/) [http://www.alternet.org/story/147340/why\_do\_murderers\_get\_mailbags\_full\_of\_love\_letters\_and\_marriage\_proposals](http://www.alternet.org/story/147340/why_do_murderers_get_mailbags_full_of_love_letters_and_marriage_proposals) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joran-van-der-sloot-to-marry/659818.md?page=1)