As was expected Schapelle Corby has been granted a four-month remission on her 20-year jail sentence for smuggling 4.1kg of the wacky weed into Bali back in 2004. Corby has been battling depression for a number of years and continues to maintain her innocence.
Renae Lawrence of Bali Nine fame was granted a five-month sentence reduction on her 20-year jail sentence for trying to smuggle more than 8kg of heroin out of Bali and into Australia in 2005.
Both, seemingly, still have a long road to haul before they will qualify for release. Hopefully, the remissions will make them feel a little bit better about that.
Yes but no remisi for the Ozzie lifers, how come?? Does not seem fair to me. I guess here life means life. Interesting.
ReplyDeleteLawbee...
ReplyDeleteYes, in Indonesia, life means just that, life.
You cannot get a remission on a sentence for which you are not going to get out of prison for anyway.
It is not about fair, is it?
talk about not fair - the yank who swam the lake with wooden flippers got a pardon of his seven years and the lady of Burma got another two? years!
ReplyDeleteLawbee...
ReplyDeleteI think that Burma is not really on topic with this one. And, the fairness link is tenuous at best!
It was always going to pan out that way. I am surprised that you're surprised.