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 This could be Your Daughter! "There but for the Grace of God go I" Corby's judge offers little hope 19:43 AEST Fri Apr 29 2005 Schapelle Corby's emotional plea to Indonesian judges to be set free may have fallen on deaf ears. Corby, facing life in jail for alleged marijuana smuggling, on Thursday, read a prepared statement to a Bali court declaring her innocence and pleading to be allowed to go home. There was no immediate translation of Corby's appeal, but it is understood one was delivered to the three-judge panel later. Chief judge Linton Sirait said he now knew what Corby said, but offered little hope to the Gold Coast beauty student and her supporters. "Not enough - he or she has to prove he or she is not guilty," he told the Nine Network through a translator. "Every inmate would say I'm not guilty. "I'm still looking for something that can be related to the law."
Corby told a packed Denpasar District Court that her only crime had been to leave her luggage unlocked. "My life at the moment is in your hands, but I would prefer it was in your hearts," she told the judges, who must now decide whether she is guilty of smuggling 4.1kg of marijuana into Bali airport last October. "I would like to say to the prosecutors that I cannot admit to a crime I did not commit. "I ask for you to show compassion, to find me innocent, to send me home." Reading from a three-page, hand-written statement penned in her jail cell, Corby told the court she knew nothing of the drugs found in her body board bag as she passed through customs at Bali airport. "I swear that as God is my witness, I did not know that the marijuana was in my bag." Latest News: Corby to learn her fate on May 27. Schapelle Corby will know in two weeks whether she will be sentenced to languish in an Indonesian prison for the rest of her life. More Info >>
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"I would hope Australians wouldn't think that Schapelle Corby was necessarily in more trouble because she is in Indonesia than anywhere else having been arrested at the airport with four kilograms of cannabis," he said. "We don't know whether she's innocent or guilty and in our system there's a presumption of innocence but I think all of us in Australia should let the court case flow through in the normal way."
Well Mr. Downer, the trial is not in Australia and there is no presumption of innocence in the courts in Indonesia, where you are guilty until you can prove your innocence.
I would suggest, that if the courts should find Schapelle Corby guilty and sentence her to death by firing squad, and or they impose a life sentence, that the ramifications will be felt around the World, and that not only will this Government be unable to hold office in the next election, but the support you recently observed by the Australian people in assisting Indonesia and their people during their recent need, will not be repeated in the future. If this was your Daughter or Son, would this still be your excuse to not do anything until it is to late. I don't think so - You would do everything within your power to assist the Defense Attorneys, in obtaining the evidence that is needed to obtain an acquittal. As Russell Crowe has said "From my individual point of view, looking at it, it's like it's bullshit, let's deal with it," anything other than full acquittal is unacceptable. Show Your Support for Schapelle Corby: To Post your Support, please ... contact us here at our News Section Your private details will not be published as per our Privacy Policy. Copyright © 2001 [Nu-Trend International]
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In
an ominous sign for Corby, Sirait handed a life jail term to a South African
man for heroin dealing.
Mr.
Downer says he just wants to see justice done.