Support for Corby a must

PLEASE correct me if I am wrong, on a point of law, Indonesian style.

If a person plots and gives his blessing to bombing a nightclub where more than 200 people are killed, as Muslim Cleric Abu Bakar Bashir did, the sentence is 2½ years imprisonment.

Yet if you are falsely accused and convicted of trying to smuggle 4.1kg of cannabis into the country the penalty is death.

In my opinion, this is ludicrous. After doing a little research I have determined that 4.1kg of cannabis in Indonesia is worth a little over $1000. If you were to sell it in Australia it would be worth more than $250,000.

Prime Minister John Howard stated on Sydney radio he is concerned about “some aspects” of the Schapelle Corby case.

Corby should get all the Australian legal help possible, guilty or innocent, as she is a Australian citizen, and should have received that assistance right from the start.

A fair trial with truthful evidence is all we are asking.

Doc Holiday
Millner

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Pubdate: Wed, 09 March 2005
Source: Northern Territory News (Australia)
Author: Doc Holiday
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