Ruby, what does Australian sentencing have to do with Bali sentencing?
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.Singapore has capital punishment.
Since when do we start dictating to other countries how they should be?
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.
"Sufficient punishment" is only your opinion. Another 10 years is sufficient according to Indonesian law.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I hope they release her but then the media back here will make her feel like a prisoner all over again.
Funny, I would have thought you'd be all for locking up drug smugglers.
IF she was ever guity in the first place and even if she was she's paid the price.
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'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 was ever guity in the first place and even if she was she's paid the price.
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.
........... and some rationalisation as well! I am as opposed to drugs and drug trafficking as anyone else, but no-one caught with a bag of grass here would get 6+ years.
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.
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