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Is it really time to bring Schapelle Corby back home?

Ruby, what does Australian sentencing have to do with Bali sentencing?

Nothing.......... thank goodness!!

As recently as two hundred years ago people in 'civilised' countries were thrown into filthy, stinking jails for all sorts of crimes (and even crimes they did not commit), and allowed to rot there. It didn't reduce the crime rate. We have thankfully moved past that, but some countries (like Indonesia) have not. Would you have us go back to those dark days?

What would you consider to be a long enough punishment for someone caught with a bag of dope? It wasn't heroin or cocaine, and she wasn't trying to peddle it. You have assumed guilt, but even if she did do it, I think the length of time she has served is enough. She has been severely punished for what she supposedly did; nothing can be achieved by keeping her there any longer.

Where is your compassion Tink? Do you have any?

Singapore has capital punishment.
Since when do we start dictating to other countries how they should be?
We can't dictate to other countries, and we haven't. However, we can try and show them how to be more humane. After all, learning to treat human life with dignity and respect is one of the things that has raised our civilisation to the level we enjoy today.

Maybe if we took a leaf out of their books and got abit tougher with drugs we might be able to clean our streets of this rubbish.

I agree we need to be tougher on drug pushers, but it's a big leap from a slap on the wrist or a suspended sentence (which is what a lot of offenders get here for being found with dope) to twenty years in a filthy, disease-ridden hole that you wouldn't expect your dog to sleep in. There is also a big difference between proof beyond reasonable doubt and circumstantial evidence, which is all the Bali court had.
 
"Sufficient punishment" is only your opinion. Another 10 years is sufficient according to Indonesian law.

Yes it is my opinion, and as this thread asks the question, I am allowed to express it.

Let me ask you a question: Would you like to put your life in the hands of a Bali court? I certainly wouldn't!!

The media circus surrounding her, while the plight of 100s of other citizens in the same situation are ignored, is proof of her privileged status.

What privileged status? She is still in jail, isn't she? The media is responsible for the so-called 'circus'. That has nothing to do with the fairness of sentencing or what representation is being made on her behalf; and no, other citizens in the same situation are not ignored. They just don't get the same media attention. But that has nothing to do with this thread.
 
Schapelle Corby - 20 Years, she is currently scheduled for release from Kerobokan on 12 April 2024

Almost anything can be bought in Hotel Kerobokan. The guards earn as little as $100 a month (good wage in Bali) so most are happy to boost their salaries. They arrange days out at the beach, pizza deliveries to the cell door and drug deliveries and sessions with hookers. For $250 you can go and visit Schapelle.

Yep ........ life is tough in this jail. All you gotta do is pay.

Juri Angione is doing life for cocaine. Been there over 7 years. Smuggling 5.2kgs of the drug inside his surfboard bag. Sound familiar?

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2004/07/02/italian-gets-life-cocaine.html

Michelle Leslie got caught with 2 ecstasy tablets and did 3 months in Kerobokan. Should have been 15 years. How do you think she got out so early? Converting to Islam (claimed) and appearing in court in a burqa. Paying the "right" people certainly helped.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/bali-jail-life-v-aussie-prison-time/2006/02/17/1140064234084.html

"For around one million rupiah, or A$140, prisoners with no pending appeals can even pay for a day out at the beach or shopping with a guard or trusted friend acting as escort."

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Yep ..... she is doing it real tough.
 
I would much rather be in an Australian prison where you can do courses and have air-conditioning and not have giant rats everywhere. I've worked in Indonesia, the water is always dirty and the heat is awful. Sure she can put posters on her wall. Big deal - you can do that in Australian Prisons.

Being confined is hard yakka and she's not getting any younger if she wants a family.

Come on - a bit of heart everyone!

Its like not letting that 9 year old refugee boy attend his Dad's funeral. - He will become an Australian citizen - why have him hate us?? I think if you knew these people in the flesh you wouldn't treat them so harshly. Do you really think Schapelle is evil and cannot change her life. Giver her a chance. I don't understand why people want to spread misery.
 
I would much rather be in an Australian prison where you can do courses and have air-conditioning and not have giant rats everywhere. I've worked in Indonesia, the water is always dirty and the heat is awful. Sure she can put posters on her wall. Big deal - you can do that in Australian Prisons.

Would rather not be in prison, anywhere!

Being confined is hard yakka and she's not getting any younger if she wants a family.

You want to use her genetic clock running down, impairing her ability to reproduce, as the basis for clemency?

Come on - a bit of heart everyone!

This has no relevence in the matter. Australia just deported a person of British origin back to England after he served his sentence for manslaughter. Should we "Have a bit of heart and let him stay as well?"

Its like not letting that 9 year old refugee boy attend his Dad's funeral. - He will become an Australian citizen - why have him hate us??

If I recall correctly he didn't bring a boogie board stashed with mariuana or hashish with him.

I think if you knew these people in the flesh you wouldn't treat them so harshly. Do you really think Schapelle is evil and cannot change her life. Giver her a chance. I don't understand why people want to spread misery.

Not withstanding "You do the crime, you do the time", I personaly think for what she did she has done enough time.
 
The host country have had their show trial, their pound of flesh. Honour is satisfied. Bring her home.
 
Yes it is my opinion, and as this thread asks the question, I am allowed to express it.
Let me ask you a question: Would you like to put your life in the hands of a Bali court? I certainly wouldn't!!
What privileged status? She is still in jail, isn't she? The media is responsible for the so-called 'circus'. That has nothing to do with the fairness of sentencing or what representation is being made on her behalf; and no, other citizens in the same situation are not ignored. They just don't get the same media attention. But that has nothing to do with this thread.

If I committed a crime in a far-off country, knowing full well the severe consequences if caught (including the death penalty), then I would have to accept the punishment.

Personally I do think the punishment is harsh, but I fail to see why she is considered more important than all the other drug couriers in foreign prisons. WHY IS SHE MORE IMPORTANT?
Actually I do know the answer - she is white, female and pretty.
 
SCHAPELLE Corby is a step closer to winning her freedom with Indonesia's Justice Ministry confirming it has recommended the convicted drug smuggler be granted early release.

The development, which comes two years after Corby first launched her bid for clemency, will come as a huge boost for the 34-year-old who is suffering from mental illness and struggling to cope with life inside Bali's notorious Kerobokan jail.

Corby was jailed for 20 years in 2004 for attempting to smuggle 4.1kg of marijuana into Bali in a bodyboard bag.

While details of the recommendation from the Justice and Human Rights Ministry have only just emerged, a senior official confirmed the final report was handed to Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono some months ago.

http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/rep...-schapelle-corby/story-e6frg12c-1226318753392

Thankfully this will be it.

Cheers to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
 
I hope they release her but then the media back here will make her feel like a prisoner all over again.
 
I'm sure she will get a tidy sum for her story when she gets back. I doubt whether it would be worth the experience though.

I cringe when I think of the madia and their tricks making her life hell back here, she'll need the money to get some privacy.
 
I'm sure she will get a tidy sum for her story when she gets back. I doubt whether it would be worth the experience though.

If she will ever be emotionally able I'm not too sure she would be trusting the press with the distortions and misinformation that was metered out.
 
IF she was ever guity in the first place and even if she was she's paid the price.

Unless you have new evidence then she is guilty.

Around the time of the outcome of the case, there were more Indonesian law "experts" than there are horse racing "experts" on the first Tuesday in November. Anyone with more than one semester studying law could have seen through all of the criticism leveled at the court. It was pathetic to watch the media become Corby's cheersquad, with views that ranged from xenophobic jingoism to outright arrogance.

It's amusing to see the difference in reaction by the Australian public between Corby and the Bali Nine, a case where the AFP sent Australian citizens to the gallows. Yet everyone still gets frothy at the mouth about the great "injustice" done to Corby. Spare me.

FWIW, I don't think anyone should spend 20 years in gaol for importing weed, but it's their country and their laws.
 
I'm sure she will get a tidy sum for her story when she gets back. I doubt whether it would be worth the experience though.

She'll get zip. Proceeds of Crime Act will stop that. Unless she moves overseas, but I don't see too many countries opening their doors to a convicted drug smuggler.
 
It's amusing to see the difference in reaction by the Australian public between Corby and the Bali Nine, a case where the AFP sent Australian citizens to the gallows. Yet everyone still gets frothy at the mouth about the great "injustice" done to Corby. Spare me.

The fact that didn't cause a **** storm at the time and isn't even part of public memory is astonishing.
 
The last five posts are off topic.

There is another thread for Corby's guilt or innocence,

so go away
 
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