Angela Harlem
Jesus Online
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,15130755%5E401,00.html
I'm remaining hopeful the judges don't override the prosecutions request for life and give her the death penalty, but I think this is more because I am pretty convinced she is innocent. This case has bothered me right from the start, and quite frankly makes me sick. The last paragraph in this article makes me wonder if the agreement was made after Barlow and Chambers who, if I remember rightly, were confirmed guilty?
And does anyone have a clue as to why the Federal police didn't arrest the Bali 9 at the airport before they left? I've had trouble catching any decent news stories in this lately so I hope someone can fill me in. I'm trying to google news about it now, but am not having much luck.
My point is, I guess, where does guilt start and end. From what I have seen, it cannot be proven likewise for Schapelle, that she was aware of the pot being in her bag any more than she can prove she had no idea. Their judicial system seems to be based on the 'prove your innocence' side, but when that is impossible due to the nature of how this occurred, how can she then be deemed guilty? It doesn't prove she must have known, just because she cannot prove it. And the 9, they were at least mules, but traffickers? Many people can end up in a situation they wouldn't normally be in when under threat, or family is threatened. It doesn't make someone a criminal does it? It makes them coerced into criminal activity, and then weighted by the fact that these fellows are facing a firing squad, it just doesn't seem enough to me.
I'm remaining hopeful the judges don't override the prosecutions request for life and give her the death penalty, but I think this is more because I am pretty convinced she is innocent. This case has bothered me right from the start, and quite frankly makes me sick. The last paragraph in this article makes me wonder if the agreement was made after Barlow and Chambers who, if I remember rightly, were confirmed guilty?
And does anyone have a clue as to why the Federal police didn't arrest the Bali 9 at the airport before they left? I've had trouble catching any decent news stories in this lately so I hope someone can fill me in. I'm trying to google news about it now, but am not having much luck.
My point is, I guess, where does guilt start and end. From what I have seen, it cannot be proven likewise for Schapelle, that she was aware of the pot being in her bag any more than she can prove she had no idea. Their judicial system seems to be based on the 'prove your innocence' side, but when that is impossible due to the nature of how this occurred, how can she then be deemed guilty? It doesn't prove she must have known, just because she cannot prove it. And the 9, they were at least mules, but traffickers? Many people can end up in a situation they wouldn't normally be in when under threat, or family is threatened. It doesn't make someone a criminal does it? It makes them coerced into criminal activity, and then weighted by the fact that these fellows are facing a firing squad, it just doesn't seem enough to me.