Injustice in Indonesia: Free Schapelle Corby!

Yesterday, more or less at midnight (central standard time) I learnt of the verdict in the case of the Aussie girl, Schapelle Corby. For those of you who did not know about the case, Schapelle is a 27 year old woman who went as a tourist to Bali, Indonesia. She was arrested by customes in Indonesia as they discovered marihuana in her luggage (I can't recall if upon her arrival or attempting her return to Australia). Schappelle and her travel mates have declared that the drugs were planted there by others. The case has received a lot of attention around the world because of the credible innocence of Schapelle and also because of the barbaric (and corrupt) judicial system in Indonesia. To know more, please visit the following site: http://news.ninemsn.com.au/generic.aspx?sectionID=1697

For this crime (which she did not commit), Schapelle could be condemend to the death penalty which, in Indonesia, could be death by a firing squad. A lot of people in Austrlia and around the world (like me), try to help her avoid this fate and hopefully get her released from a judicial system in which we do not trust. Unfortunately, the verdict gave us the worst of news as you can read here: http://news.ninemsn.com.au/verdict.html

Schapelle has been given a still unjust verdict. She'll have to spend 20 years in an Indonesian jail. What makes things worse is that there are complaints from her family and all of us, her supporters, because the judges apparently only limited themselves to believing a non credible witness instead of a wide array of other more credible witnesses. Evidence presented by the defense was also ignored (http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Rejected-evidence-might-have-changed-the-result/2005/05/27/1117129897862.html).

Our next step is to continue to support Australia and Schapelle in their attempt to appeal the verdict and repair the injustice. Or, at the very least, we would hope that her human rights during her jail time are respected. We can still do something!

I leave you the following link so you can do your part if you wish to:
http://www.dontshootschapelle.com/