What if this was your family, wife, friend..or what if it were you.?
After seeing this case on the news and reading about it-- I have to say it's disturbing. Personally after reading the facts, I don't think she did this crime, however she was pre-judged by the public and media--and they want to make an example of her.. (what if she's innocent..?)
It's too long to explain the footage they are showing on TV on how she and her family are being attacked going to court.. very fu@*#* up!
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In early October last year, Schapelle Corby, a 27-year-old Australian beauty-school student, was arrested at Balis Denpasar airport after 4.1 kilograms of marijuana were found by Indonesian customs in her body-board surfing bag. Under Indonesian law, the penalty for marijuana dealing is the same as for heroin dealing.
Corby was charged with drug trafficking and faces execution by a 12-man firing squad if the court finds her guilty. A three-judge court heard the final arguments in the defense case last week and is expected to hand down its verdict in May.
From the outset, Corby, who has no criminal record or any history of drug abuse, has denied any knowledge of the drug, arguing that it must have been planted in the unlocked bag. She had travelled from Australia with her 17-year-old half-brother and two friends and planned to holiday with her sister Mercedes, who is married with two children.
Wiswantanu told the court that the only way he would accept Corbys innocence was if the defence could prove that the drugs were not in her body-board bag when it was checked in at Brisbane airport, or provide visual evidence of someone placing them there. It is extremely difficult for Corbys lawyers to provide such evidence.
Indonesian media is attempting to whip up sections of the population against Corby. There are ongoing calls for her execution, and some of the local media have taken to referring to her as the Ganja Queen.
In February this year, members of GRANAT, an anti-narcotics group, burst into Corbys trial carrying placards and chanting slogans demanding her execution.
After seeing this case on the news and reading about it-- I have to say it's disturbing. Personally after reading the facts, I don't think she did this crime, however she was pre-judged by the public and media--and they want to make an example of her.. (what if she's innocent..?)
It's too long to explain the footage they are showing on TV on how she and her family are being attacked going to court.. very fu@*#* up!
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In early October last year, Schapelle Corby, a 27-year-old Australian beauty-school student, was arrested at Balis Denpasar airport after 4.1 kilograms of marijuana were found by Indonesian customs in her body-board surfing bag. Under Indonesian law, the penalty for marijuana dealing is the same as for heroin dealing.
Corby was charged with drug trafficking and faces execution by a 12-man firing squad if the court finds her guilty. A three-judge court heard the final arguments in the defense case last week and is expected to hand down its verdict in May.
From the outset, Corby, who has no criminal record or any history of drug abuse, has denied any knowledge of the drug, arguing that it must have been planted in the unlocked bag. She had travelled from Australia with her 17-year-old half-brother and two friends and planned to holiday with her sister Mercedes, who is married with two children.
Wiswantanu told the court that the only way he would accept Corbys innocence was if the defence could prove that the drugs were not in her body-board bag when it was checked in at Brisbane airport, or provide visual evidence of someone placing them there. It is extremely difficult for Corbys lawyers to provide such evidence.
Indonesian media is attempting to whip up sections of the population against Corby. There are ongoing calls for her execution, and some of the local media have taken to referring to her as the Ganja Queen.
In February this year, members of GRANAT, an anti-narcotics group, burst into Corbys trial carrying placards and chanting slogans demanding her execution.
