Who knows how this will play out in court. I suspect he will get a public defender and I wonder what his defense will be. It says he told his cabin mate right away and has admitted to authorities once on land.

Clearly he snapped.

What gives US the jurisdiction? The fact the cruise began in Florida? What if it had started in St martin/Maarten and ended in FLL? Or passed thru FLL on the way back to Phillipsburg?

I think I know why the Captain had a plank in the old days