Schapelle Corby got 20 years hard time

[Bongster]

I did not follow the case and I don't want to pass a judgment since I do not know all the facts.

20 years she got and that must suck big time... Bali has some fucked up prisons, she be lucky to survive the next 5 years.

On one hand I think this is a very harsh judgment, but we have to respect the laws of differernt countrys... if you do not like the laws in different countrys you do no not visit them., it's that easy.

I for instance will never go into a country that activly executes people and practice the death penatly.

[Bobbert]

It is such bullshit. She was trying to smuggle in 6 pounds of weed in her surf board case. She ended up getting caught and they wanted to give her the death penalty, instead she got 20 years. I am pretty outraged about it. I remember reading about a case in <st1:country-region><st1:place><st1:country-region><st1:place>Indonesia</st1:place></st1:country-region></st1:place></st1:country-region> where a guy set a night club on for or blew it up (I forgot witch) and it ended up killing 40 people. He got 2 years in jail… so 6 pounds of weed = 20 years to death, killing 40 = 2 years and freedom.<o:p></o:p>

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[sensimil]

Its a shame that she got 20 years. The Indonesian governement has such harsh laws when it comes to drug related offenses. They have 14 days to apeal but apparently the risk in appealing is high--"sentences can and are increased on appeal." There was also talk of transfering her to an austrialin jail.

"I do fear for her ... and what I've heard about the conditions in the prisons over there, I could not contemplate to spend 20 years myself there. I wouldn't do it. If it was me I'd commit suicide."
- Former One Nation leader Pauline Hanson, who was once jailed before her conviction was quashed.

I would think the jails in austraila are more accomidating, but I really dont see it happening. Indonesia is probably very content with having her example rot in their jails.

[Packman]

Hopefully it won't take too long for people to compare shit like this with lynch mobs and the Salem witch trials.

[Bourbon_420]

She had to have known about certain restrictions regarding weed smuggling. The harsh punishment sucks, though.

[nicholasstanko]

Well I think that definitely we have no right to say whether the indonesian govmnt is "right" or not. It's not our place. That mentality almost always leads to us thinking we're self-righteously superior. HOWEVER, I don't like her punishment one bit though. And it was SIX pounds though. Being around alot of drug dealers I know that that's a whole pile. Now if it was an ounce or two then yeh... we'd have more leverage, but she had six and she mustve KNOWN the risks. dont take my wordings as my stance on the issue though im trying not to be biased. To me it shouldnt matter if its six or sixty, everyone should be able to enjoy it and if i could bust her out of jail id do that too.

[weed devo]

Yeah it's fucked how they aren't concerned with how the drugs arrived in Bali (airport baggage handlers or Schapelle), just the fact that they were found in her possession. I mean they busted some baggage handlers for smuggling coke on the same day and in the same airport that Schapelle left Australia from. This case wouldn't have even made it to court if it happened in Australia.

[darkravenAMP]

it is a shame.

we all take high risks for high gain . . . the various governments of the world are trying to make all drug users out there ask "is it worth the risk?"

I can't answer this question without being biased seeing as I've never faced jail time . . . but, I'd have to say that:

For the use of the drug, it isn't worth it.
For fighting the government, it isn't worth it.
For the freedom to do what you want (without impeding on the happiness of others) . . . yeh, it's worth a whole goddamn lot to me.

Action is necessary to make a change, I don't want to see seventy years of strict prohibition turn into eighty by the time I'm thirty . . .

The only problem I have with activism these days is that there are too many other "bigger" problems to deal with, and they are only addressed by cannabis activists in relation to their beef with the drug war. On the other hand, the problem of cannabis prohibition is brushed aside for the sake of dealing with "bigger problems" but the simple fact is is that this is a problem that could be solved overnight. It would be good for the economy, environment, and society.

Most of all though, I believe that the repeal of cannabis prohibition laws would be a great representation of the American ideal: the ideal of absolute, unadulterated, and individualized freedom.

Whoa, sorry, got a little carried away there . . .