BS: Schapelle Corby

Subject: RE: BS: Schapelle Corby
From: GUEST
Date: 31 May 05 - 09:10 AM

Were the Indonesian court asked, as freda pointed out, that the bag could/should have been fingerprinted. Sounds real logical . And what was their explanation about the missing tape?

Subject: RE: BS: Schapelle Corby
From: GUEST,John O'Lennaine
Date: 31 May 05 - 06:07 AM

The wheels are in motion

Ir will be interesting to see who they want.

Subject: RE: BS: Schapelle Corby
From: dianavan
Date: 31 May 05 - 03:01 AM

Maybe their intention was to put it into a domestic bag but when their plans were thwarted (for whatever reason) they quickly stashed it where they thought it could be re-routed and retrieved at a later date by another baggage handler.

Who knows? However it ended up on a flight going into Bali which makes no sense from a commercial stand point. It was obviously thought to be a safe way to hide the contraband TEMPORARILY as it wasn't concealed very well at all.

This is a sham.

Is a prisoner exchange in the works?

Subject: RE: BS: Schapelle Corby
From: GUEST,kay
Date: 31 May 05 - 02:51 AM

Why would a baggage handler put the drugs in a bag that was tagged international. They would put it into a bag that was domestic between Brisbane and Sydney. They wouldn't put it in a bag destined international. Doesn't make sense to me.

Subject: RE: BS: Schapelle Corby
From: dianavan
Date: 31 May 05 - 02:08 AM

If they want to start a boycott, why target the Red Shield Appeal? The punishment should be a natural consequence - a sharp drop in the number of tourists to Indonesia might do it. Anyone who would go to Indonesia after an incident like this is playing Russian roulette, anyway.

Embassies should issue a tourist advisory!

Subject: RE: BS: Schapelle Corby
From: John O'L
Date: 31 May 05 - 01:35 AM

At the weekend the Salvation Army conducted its Red Shield Appeal. Apparently the Salvoes reported a large number of people wanting assurance that the money they donated would not be going as aid to Indonesia.

Not quite swinging on vines with a knife between the teeth, screaming "Ah, oh-ah, oh-ah, oh-aaaah", but hey, it's a start.

The shame of it is that the people of Bali and the people of Aceh will be the ones who end up suffering from it.

Subject: RE: BS: Schapelle Corby
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 31 May 05 - 12:22 AM

Troll alert

Subject: RE: BS: Schapelle Corby
From: GUEST,Somebody offended by the whole rotten affair
Date: 30 May 05 - 09:06 PM

I realize I'm American, and this isn't really my business or affair. It's for her own nation and relatives to deal with. But what the hell were they thinking? Ten well-armed trained mercs could have extracted her from the courtroom and had her out of the country in a matter of minutes! A simple matter of wiping out the officials at the front of the courtroom and dragging her out to the street for a helo extraction. She could've been feet wet in minutes and on a ship a hundred knots out of Indonesian territorial waters in an hour. So why the hell were her family crying and making a spectacle instead of doing what was necessary to get her loose!!! This is the sort of thing that creates fueds here in the States that've killed hundreds. It's at least grounds to assasinate the judges and their families in retaliation! So why were they standing around wailing like lost souls instead of doing something.

Subject: RE: BS: Schapelle Corby
From: John O'L
Date: 29 May 05 - 07:25 PM

Add to that the Keystone Kops manner of her arrest and the requirement by the chief judge that she name the person who put the dope in her bag.

I don't think there's any drug syndicate involved, I think it was orchestrated by the Indonesian authorities from beginning to end, either as an example or for a prisoner exchange. That's the only possible scenario that makes sense of all the inconsistancies.

Subject: RE: BS: Schapelle Corby
From: Keef
Date: 29 May 05 - 07:05 PM

Hi Mr Realist.
You are of course welcome to hold your opinions. Neither of us were there on the day so what both of us hold is just that, an opinion.
The reasons that I think allow sufficient doubt for such a conviction and sentence are as follows.
Frequent police blockades of interstate roads (including the back roads) using highly sensitive sniffer dogs. Known involvement of airport baggage handlers to make interstate shipments. Arrest of Qantas baggage handler for cocaine importation on same day as Schappelles flight.
Baggage handlers never checked on leaving airport at end of shift thus providing ample opportunity. Instances reported previously of drugs found in travellers bags in Bali and reported to Australian consulate (0n official record). No evidence of Scappelle being a grower, therefore who would give $40,000 worth on consignment. Schapelle has offered blood samples to show zero use of cannabis. When "busted" at airport how is she supposed to react, what facial expression would be acceptable to the cynics? Surprise? Fear? Shock, Disbelief. How do you define a look of "guilty as hell".
In summary ....plenty of reason for reasonable doubt.

Subject: RE: BS: Schapelle Corby
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 29 May 05 - 07:19 AM

Whether she did or did not commit the crime, her case highlights the risks we all take when travelling. For a start, we tend to ignore the fact that when abroad we are subject to the laws and processes of the countries we visit, and these can be very different to the ones we are used to. The idea is that by choosing to go there, we also accept their way of life, their laws etc. To then turn round and try to flout the laws, or bypass them, after the event, does not seem right - if we have a beef with a coutry's laws we should take it up with them through diplomatic and other processes at some "neutral" time. Otherwise, by continuing diplomatic relations with such a country while not complaining about their legal system we are tacitly accepting it.

One may argue that there are of course exceptions, in the case of dictatorial or otherwise objectionable governments with which we choose to retain diplomatic relations for other reasons (usually business). But it's such a fine line between upholding unwritten international behaviour codes and respecting a country's sovereignty.

5-6 years ago three Turkish long-distance drivers were arrested in Saudi Arabia for possession of illegal stimulants, and were duly sentenced to death and executed. The "stimulants" were "keep you awake" energy-sweets that you can buy in any sweet shop in the UK, which the drivers were using to keep them going for the long hours of driving. What a crime! But they did not know they were illegal in Saudi, and paid with their lives for that.

Had they been US, UK, Australian, French or German citizens, a deal would have been negotiated between the respective ambassador and the authories, I am sure. But they had the additional misfortune to be Turkish - a country with very little pull in the theocracies of the Middle East, being a secular (albeit Muslim) country, and with no economic might.

Which only serves to show that there is one rule for the mighty, and another for the weak; one for the rich, and another for the poor; even at those exalted levels of.

So - back to Schapelle: She stood no chance of being found innocent, given the legal system of the country she visited; whether she committed the crime or not. But she may yet be a little lucky: The Australian Government is trying to get her to serve her sentence in Australia.

Lucky she wasn't Turkish.

Subject: RE: BS: Schapelle Corby
From: Tam the man
Date: 29 May 05 - 07:03 AM

At last someone with a bit of Sense, realist.

Subject: RE: BS: Schapelle Corby
From: freda underhill
Date: 29 May 05 - 06:30 AM

All they had to do was fingerprint the plastic bag - that would have shown whether she touched it or not. And the security video that showed her reaction mysteriously disappeared. What chance did she have?

Subject: RE: BS: Schapelle Corby
From: GUEST,Realist
Date: 29 May 05 - 05:49 AM

So Schapelle Corby and her supporters would like us to all believe that she is the innocent victim in a drug smuggling ring.

I hesitate at this notion that the drugs were put into her bag for transport to Sydney or any other part of the world for the following.

Here we have 4 kilo's or about 10 pounds of cannabis that's worth around 30 thousand dollars.

I have serious reservations that any drug dealer would relinquish control of his stash. but here goes the scenario.

Think of the position he puts himself in. Firstly either he or a friend (who will want to get paid for the endeavour)needs to enter a highly secure area (an airport) with a large bag of dope. What idiot would try this as even if they think they can get away with it the chances of discovery are increased with the area they are going into.

This person then has to find a piece of baggage that's going to the destination of choice that has enough room to fit 10 pounds of dope in it and is in a position that allows him to get the dope into the bag without being detected. Very risky in a secure area even if you know what's going on.

Let's say the end destination is Sydney. The person now has to put the next guy in the line in the loop and tell him what flight and which bag. The possibility of the next guy being in the right place at the right time without anybody being around is very low as the selection of the bag etc is random and who knows where loader no. 2 is going to be working in Sydney.

Can he get to the correct flight baggage and find the correct bag in time.

(How long would it take for Airport staff to find your baggage if you had to be offloaded from a flight - 10 minutes 20 minutes???)


Loader N0 2 then has to get the dope out and secret it in the airport somewhere without another person knowing before heading to the next person who is probably the buyer.

Lets get real here, if the dope is only worth 30K how much is it going to cost to pay the loaders, lets say a grand each - which is chicken feed to earn if you could be caught with 10 pounds up your jumper. Even 5 grand each probably wouldn't do much to entice and that's 30% of the value of the product.

The risk that's inherent with at least two other people handling your product is high even in an honest transaction.

The possibility of the package ending up at the correct destination is very very low. but this drug dealer is going to take the chances because driving to Sydney is far too risky!

Why on earth wouldn't you just hire a bloody limousine and have some one drive you from Brisbane to Sydney. I'm sure it would be cheaper, comfortable and a little less risky.

For all that say "yeah but It happens" I say to you that if the shipment is 4 kilos of coke then the profit is so high and the money to offer the loaders is irresistible. For 4 kilos of dope - I doubt it very much.   

Think of it like this, how good would your chances be if you had a pillow case stashed with 30000 dollars in 50 dollar notes and you took the above steps to get it from Brisbane to Sydney.

How many of you would try it and succeed if it was filled with feathers. Would the chances of you getting the pillow case in Sydney be 50/50... Probably less and the Corby supporters swear that this is how the dope got into the bag.

The reality is that dope dealers don't let chance come into the delivery of the product without trying to negate it. They usually have mules to transit the drug. When there are no mules they pay high prices to make sure it gets through and cannabis doesn't earn enough to be in this class of drug travel.

I noted that the demeanour of Corby c hanged within minutes of the sentence, her normal hysterical self was able to try and clam her mother. She was in control and certainly showed to me that perhaps all the previous hysteria was for the courts benefit.

It amazes me that in this accelerated would she wouldn't submit to the court simple things like polygraph tests etc. If the innocence was that profound this would have been a marvellous test to start the court case with.

This has been a well orchestrated press sale that has produced excellent profits for the news agencies her in Australia. What a better cause to exploit - beautiful girl in a Bali prison...we lapped it up like puppies in a feeding frenzy

Subject: RE: BS: Schapelle Corby
From: Tam the man
Date: 29 May 05 - 05:10 AM

I stand corrected, and as for Tim Evans, I cannae because he's dead.

And that was a miscarrage of Justice, however as I said if it had been in Scotland both Tim Evans and Schapelle Corby would be free and alive.

Sorry about all the things I said, I just get a bit angery that's all.
As I said when I thought about it, I hope that she is found innocent, and that she will be free. it could happen to anyone.

SORRY SORRY SORRY

Subject: RE: BS: Schapelle Corby
From: Hrothgar
Date: 28 May 05 - 09:20 PM

Tell it to Timothy Evans, Tam.

Subject: RE: BS: Schapelle Corby
From: John O'L
Date: 28 May 05 - 07:02 PM

Tam -
Can I suggest that your posts were specifically replied to as a mark of respect, because you actually had something to say? Guest Joe had nothing to say. "Let her rot" is not worthy of a response. You were not being attacked, you viewpoint was being criticised. That's what happens sometimes when you have a viewpoint.

In the spirit of such friendly criticism, I think it's pretty naive to think that if a person is found guilty they must be guilty.Especially when there is so much obvious evidence that the trial was a fix.

Subject: RE: BS: Schapelle Corby
From: Bill D
Date: 28 May 05 - 06:39 PM

You don't seriously believe those "judges" decided this verdict, do you? I'd bet my grannie's girdle they were told exactly what to do from 'higher up'. Indonesia, Singapore, Myanmar....some of those places are getting to be pretty awkward places to visit. Justice doesn't have the same definition everywhere.

What a world!

Subject: RE: BS: Schapelle Corby
From: Keef
Date: 28 May 05 - 06:08 PM

Looks like another case of"collateral damage" in the war on drugs.
Indonesia is reported to have 2 million heroin addicts so it seems the war is not being won.
Under the justice system in Australia and many other countries Schappele would have been tried before a jury and probably been aquitted since the case could not be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
In Indonesia the defence evidence was rejected as hearsay but the word of customs agents who claimed Schappelle confessed ownership (hearsay) was believed. All evidence which pointed to her innocence was called "subjective" and was disregarded.
Schappelle may well be an innocent victim in the "war on drugs".
Baggage tampering is not that improbable. However if it is accepted as a defence then we open up a whole can of worms.
This is why we cannot expect pressure on Indonesia from the Australian government.

Subject: RE: BS: Schapelle Corby
From: dianavan
Date: 28 May 05 - 02:39 PM

Better to bang your head against a brick wall than to be tried for a crime in Indonesia.

Subject: RE: BS: Schapelle Corby
From: Tam the man
Date: 28 May 05 - 01:26 PM

One last message to you all, I pray that she's innocent, I'm sorry that I got angry, but as I say it's like banging your head against a brick wall, people just don't want to listen to other people's opinons, you are welcome to yours and I welcome to mine.

let bygones be bygones.

mind there was one time I tried to let bygones be bygones with someone, however that someone didn't want to let bygones be bygones with me, so I told that person to go away.

So I hope that all you people out there accept my saying I'm sorry.

Subject: RE: BS: Schapelle Corby
From: Tam the man
Date: 28 May 05 - 01:12 PM

if she was innocent then she wouldn't being sent to prison would she now.

And when am I the only one getting it in the neck, for expressing an opinon, there is guest Joe who said, Fucking who cares, let her rot!get him told as well.
and stop ganging up on me please, all I want is a peaceful life, I wish I had started psting on this thread.
And you lot call yourselves, peace lovers, and yet you all hate me because I said that she was gulity.

As far as I'm concerned (Pardon the spelling) I hope that she is found innocent but until then the JURY found her gulity that's why she was sent to prison, if the JURY had found her innocent then she would be a free woman and we would not be having this talk.

Tom
PS
I will not be answering any more messages anymore on this thread.

Subject: RE: BS: Schapelle Corby
From: Tam the man
Date: 28 May 05 - 01:01 PM

Whe don't you get tore into Guest Joe, because they agree with me.
and there are millions of others too

Subject: RE: BS: Schapelle Corby
From: Tam the man
Date: 28 May 05 - 01:00 PM

The verdict was she was found guilty, what part of the statment don't you lot understand, she was sent to prison so she is GUITLY.
she went to prison so she must of being guitly, they don't send women or men to prison unless they are guilty, so unless they can prove that she was 100% that she was innocent, then until then she's gulity.

She was found gultiy, you see we in Scotland have three verdicts, guilty, not gulity and not proven. Not proven means that the person is found to be free in other words not gulity but with doubts.

So unless they can prove that she was innocent then she guilty, god sake its like banging your head off a brick wall.

God sake I give UP SHE INNOCENT HAPPY NOW.

Subject: RE: BS: Schapelle Corby
From: Ebbie
Date: 28 May 05 - 12:55 PM

Tam the man, if I don't smoke cigarettes but was observed holding a cigarette for someone else, you can SAY that I smoke but you would NOT be correct.

Just because one is FOUND guilty, it does NOT mean that one did the crime.

Subject: RE: BS: Schapelle Corby
From: GUEST,moocowpoo
Date: 28 May 05 - 12:44 PM

Tam, on What basis are you assuming she actually IS Guilty?. Yes, the verdict was Guilty but the only piece of evidence, which could have proven her guilt of innocence, was rendered inadmissable, by Indonesian Airport authorities, workers etc .The parcel was pawed at and handed around, covered in countless fingerprints, destroying any previous prints, this WAS discussed in other posts to this thread. If this situation were to arise in Australia, it would undoubtedly be thrown out of court, There is not enough concrete evidence for conviction, as far as I'm aware, there was NO solid evidence.

Subject: RE: BS: Schapelle Corby
From: Tam the man
Date: 28 May 05 - 07:41 AM

she was proved guilty, so tough shit again.

She is not a poor woman, she was found gulity with drugs in her bag and then she comes out with an excuse that the bagge handlers tampered with her bag, I can beleive that it could happen to anyone, but she was found guilty and she has to do 20 years in prison.
Well welcome to the real world Schapelle Corby.

I don't mean for her to 'rot in hell/prison' but she was found gulity of a crime and mo she must serve her time in Prison.

Subject: RE: BS: Schapelle Corby
From: hilda fish
Date: 28 May 05 - 07:31 AM

By Australian justice, which has its underpinnings in 'innocent until proved guilty', with the onus on the prosecutor to prove guilt, she most likely would have been found 'not guilty'. By Indonesian justice where the onus is on the accused to disprove guilt, it was inevitable that she be found guilty because she had admitted to owning the body board bag which contained the drugs. The laws in both Australia and in Indonesia by the nature of how they are and their underpinnings, are pretty rigid. In either case their is not much room to move. Consideration is based on the charges on the prescribed limitations fixed around sentencing. The law appears to be an ass in either country in my opinion. However by all reasonable and logical standards, she does appear to be a very innocent party in which case it is a terrible thing that she is facing 20 years in prison, whether it be Australia or overseas. I have no illusions that the appeal is going to help as one can't get around the fact that by Indonesian legal practice she has admitted guilt to possession by saying that the body board container was hers. If she had said that it was not (because she didn't recognise its contents) she wouldn't be legally in deep shit. On another tack, the first couple of times I went overseas my baggage was clearly tampered with including broken locks. Many of my fellow passengers assured me this was usual. I have found out since that it is so now I only take hand luggage and it travels with me. People are gladwrapping their bags but it doesn't help if you are a determined thief which it seems that some baggage handlers here in Australia are. Meanwhile poor Schappelle Corby is facing 20 years and as much as anyone can say 'rot in hell' I don't wish anyone to 'rot in hell'. I have such an uncomfortable feeling about this one and feel very helpless.

Subject: RE: BS: Schapelle Corby
From: Tam the man
Date: 28 May 05 - 07:17 AM

she commited a crime she should the time.

in other words tough shit

Subject: RE: BS: Schapelle Corby
From: GUEST
Date: 28 May 05 - 06:47 AM

Subject: RE: BS: Schapelle Corby
From: Keef
Date: 28 May 05 - 12:56 AM

The conviction was a foregone conclusion. To those few who have decided she is guilty please try and apply logic rather than prejudice.
Logic says that no sane person attempts to smuggle 4Kg of cannabis in a barely concealed see through bag, to Indonesia when there is no possibility of commercial gain. The fact that law enforcement officers lie and collude to bolster their case should be familiar to anyone who has had involvement with the law. Many innocent persons have spent decades in prison and been exonerated when police corruption was proven.
The fairness and impartiality of the Indonesian justice system is certainly questionable. Even when the alleged heroin supplier to the Bali 9 was killed by police in Jakarta, the important evidence siezed was handled by dozens of ungloved hands and hopelessly contaminated.
There are many other foreigners (less photogenic) who have jailed in Bali by dodgy evidence..and yes I am concerned for them also. The Schapelle corby case is so clearly unjust that many people have finally said...enough is enough. We will not just give up on this one.

Subject: RE: BS: Schapelle Corby
From: dianavan
Date: 27 May 05 - 10:41 PM

Nobody would smuggle pot into Bali. Its absurd.

The judges must know the baggage handlers or...

someone set her up for a possible prisoner exchange.

Subject: RE: BS: Schapelle Corby
From: Ebbie
Date: 27 May 05 - 10:38 PM

I gather that Indonesia is making a point. Kind of like OJ's acquittal. When you are making a 'statement' you don't need to consider truth and rationality.

At this rate, I fully expect the Bali 9 to get the death penalty.

Subject: RE: BS: Schapelle Corby
From: GUEST
Date: 27 May 05 - 09:12 PM

why did she do it in the first place ?    the guilty eyes tell all when it was first busted ?    GUILTY AS HELL.

Subject: RE: BS: Schapelle Corby
From: John O'L
Date: 27 May 05 - 06:42 PM

Ebbie -

No known history with drugs

If is was her own, why would she take 4 kilos to Bali, where it is cheaper than at home?

Not sure how long whe was planning to stay, but I got the impression it was like a two week beach holiday - that sort of thing.

Yes, the ammount is one of many things that should have been queried at greater length. You don't take grass to Bali to sell. As someone else observed, that's like taking coal to Newcastle, and 4K or 9lb is enough to keep a heavy toker going for quite a while, or so I'm told.
Apart from anything else, a bag that size would have been as obvious as the beard on Father Christmas. She is clearly intelligent enough to know that.

There are many answers to question.

Subject: RE: BS: Schapelle Corby
From: Amergin
Date: 27 May 05 - 05:55 PM

Well, what is really odd, Don, are the stories coming up about the baggage handlers smuggling drugs in the airports...that should have made these so-called judges think there may be something to her story.

Subject: RE: BS: Schapelle Corby
From: DonMeixner
Date: 27 May 05 - 04:23 PM

I read this story recently on a news listing from AOL. And I have read this thread here. I does wonder me how anyone would go to a foriegn country noted for their incredibly intolerant justice system and knowing that they could be excecuted for carrying in some weed that grows wild the world round.

I have no way of knowing her guilt or innocence. And the law is the law, no matter how Draconian or corrupt it may be. In the US for most crimes, pot crimes included, it is up to the State or law enforcement system to prove guilt. AS I read this article it is up to the accused to prove innocence. The deck appears stacked.

I wish this young woman well. Twenty years is a bit stiff for a pot conviction, even for this amount. And I hope her innocence is proven quickly.

How often are international travelers told to let nothing out of their sight for this very reason. How many have unwitingly carried a bomb or drugs aboard a plane.

I know people who take nothing abroad but what they can carry on. They buy what ever they need overseas in the way of underwear and toiletries and they leave it behind when they return.

I don't fly. But if I did I would certainly avoid most of the third world in large part for this very reason.

Don

Subject: RE: BS: Schapelle Corby
From: Ebbie
Date: 27 May 05 - 11:46 AM

Question: Was she known as a drug trafficker of any sort?
Questioo: If it WAS her own, why would she not take the precaution of at least locking her bag or of dividing the stuff into samall packets and hiding it deep inside her luggage?
Question: How long was she planning to visit in Indonesia?
Question: How long would it take to smoke NINE pounds of cannabis?

Odd.

Subject: RE: BS: Schapelle Corby
From: Hrothgar
Date: 27 May 05 - 07:48 AM

Only ten years for murdering a couple of hundred people in the Bali bombing.

Subject: RE: BS: Schapelle Corby
From: GUEST,Joe
Date: 27 May 05 - 05:33 AM

Fucking who cares, let her rot!

Subject: RE: BS: Schapelle Corby
From: John O'L
Date: 27 May 05 - 01:17 AM

I'm down to my last joint.

Have to go and see my baggage handler tonight.

Subject: RE: BS: Schapelle Corby
From: Amergin
Date: 27 May 05 - 12:53 AM

Needless, to say it does give me concern when I come over next month....I stop for a layover in Sydney...lucky me. I'm locking my bag.

Subject: RE: BS: Schapelle Corby
From: Amergin
Date: 27 May 05 - 12:52 AM

Those scumbag judges have no knowledge of the word "justice".

Subject: RE: BS: Schapelle Corby
From: John O'L
Date: 27 May 05 - 12:21 AM

So you go for a holiday in a foreign country that is renowned for its hard line on drug trafficking.
On arrival at the airport a customs official pulls a bag of drugs out of your luggage. (It may be yours, or you may never have seen it before.)
You say "That's mine."

Eh?

She was stitched up.

Subject: RE: BS: Schapelle Corby
From: John O'L
Date: 26 May 05 - 11:45 PM

There will be an appeal, and apparently evidence can be admitted at the appeal which was not used first time around.

Man. 20 years.

Subject: RE: BS: Schapelle Corby
From: JennyO
Date: 26 May 05 - 11:45 PM

Oh boy, that's tough! I guess they will have to start appeals now. . She's hugging her family, but she has to go straight back to gaol. Oh this is heartbreaking!

Subject: RE: BS: Schapelle Corby
From: JennyO
Date: 26 May 05 - 11:41 PM

The verdict:

Guilty of the crime of importation of a class one narcotics, and the sentence is 20 years in gaol.

Subject: RE: BS: Schapelle Corby
From: John O'L
Date: 26 May 05 - 10:38 PM

From what I'm hearing by way of commentary, it seems the result will depend on which of the defense or prosecution has the weakest case, rather than the strongest. It seems they have both made a meal of it.

Subject: RE: BS: Schapelle Corby
From: JennyO
Date: 26 May 05 - 10:07 PM

Gawd, this reading of the charges is going on forever. If it's nailbiting for us, just imagine what it must be like for her! She looks to be keeping it together at the moment, but it must be really harrowing.

There are three charges - one bringing the death penalty. the prosecution have asked for life, but the judge has the power to impose the death penalty. The second charge brings a maximum of 15 years, and the third charge, possession, which seems to me to be the most likely one where she might be found guilty, carries a maximum of 10 years. If she is convicted, it will be requested for her to be moved to a gaol in Australia, but this process could take months at least.

Subject: RE: BS: Schapelle Corby
From: John O'L
Date: 26 May 05 - 09:58 PM

The judgement is now being read. The ABC has gone to a story about full moon fishing. The TV is persisting but it's not rivetting television. The Spotted Dick is in the water cooking.