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Had the driver of the Murano stopped at the time of the crash, it's likely that no charges or even a traffic ticket would have been sought.
The new law, signed by former President George W. Bush in October. It makes it a crime punishable by up to 15 years in federal prison to be in international waters in a stateless submersible or semisubmersible vessel designed to avoid detection.