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To: naturalman1975
They really want people to believe she has had a fair trial

Which will be kind of difficult if there is a divide between the societies on what 'fair' is.

This is the first time that someone has suggested a plausible explanation -- Bali is being used as a waypoint for intra-Australia smuggling. Australia and Indonesia should work together to get to the bottom of this, and if it turns out that Corby looks like an unwitting mule, then let her go.

5 posted on 07/04/2005 1:04:43 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (No wonder the Southern Baptist Church threw Greer out: Only one god per church! [Ann Coulter])
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Actually the claim is - and it's been around for months now - that drugs were placed in her luggage at one Australian airport to be removed at another, and the pick up was missed so they flew on to Bali.

There's no real evidence for the claim, although it's not entirely implausible as there certainly were problems with baggage handlers at the airports in question.

It did come up at her trial and a witness was allowed to appear who said this had happened based on information he had overheard in an Australian prison - the new claim is that somebody has now admitted the drugs were theirs.

If that is so, then it might make a difference - provided their claims are credible.

Frankly, I do think she has had a fair trial - I'm not sure if she's guilty, but with the evidence that existed, I think an Australian jury probably have returned a guilty verdict. I've no problem with the case being reopened if there is new evidence - but on the evidence at trial, I think the verdict is reasonable.

But if Indonesia wants people like me to continue believing she got a fair trial, they have to do it openly - I don't trust their system enough to trust it if it isn't open.


6 posted on 07/04/2005 1:17:04 AM PDT by naturalman1975 (Sure, give peace a chance - but si vis pacem, para bellum.)
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