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Bali, INDONESIA

Corby 'fears being forgotten'

"SCHAPELLE Corby feared she will be forgotten in the Indonesian jail in which she had been sentenced to serve 20 years, her sister said today.
Corby was sentenced in a Denpasar court on Friday after being convicted of smuggling 4.1kg of marijuana into the Indonesian resort island of Bali last year.
Corby's sister, Mercedes, says the 27-year-old former beauty therapy student is scared of being abandoned when the dust finally settles after Friday's verdict."

Media circus blamed for Corby sentence

Schapelle Corby could have got a better result had there been less media hype, says a QC who may help with her appeal.
Barrister Tom Percy, QC, said he had no doubt the 27-year-old was innocent, and blamed the media circus for putting pressure on the case.

"The only thing Schapelle is guilty of is wanting to go on a holiday and her naivety of not putting a lock on her bag.

She accidentally stumbled into a criminal network when the drugs were slipped into her bag once it cleared security checks, to be collected by a worker at Sydney airport.

Schapelle was used a [drug] mule to in a racket of drug pushers and curupt bagage handlers. costing her freedom, possibly even her life." [1]

The problem is that an appeal could possibly make things much worse. An appeal will be like the roll of the dice -- is it worth the risks?


Schapelle Corby has been wrongly convicted

Update: May 29, 2005 Pardon may be Corby's best bet

Schapelle has shown her strength of character. She is a brave young woman. Her request to her family is admirable: Corby tells family to stay away

"Schapelle Corby has asked her family not to visit her in prison for at least a week, because she is worried about the impact the media presence is having on them.
Corby's lawyers say the Gold Coast woman is still in shock over the verdict against her."[2]

Some people are urging Corby to seek a pardon in order to reduce her sentence, but the problem is that the Gordian knot would be tightened because to seek a pardon would be to admit guilt.
Corby defence rules out pardon bid

"SCHAPELLE Corby's defence team says she is not seeking a pardon from Indonesia's president, despite suggestions from Foreign Minister Alexander Downer that it could be her best bet of a lesser sentence.
The legal team said to do so would mean admitting to a crime she did not commit.
'The girl is not guilty,' said defence adviser Vasu Rasiah. 'How can she ask for a pardon?'
Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said today that a pardon from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono might be the best chance the 27-year-old Gold Coast woman had of having her 20-year prison sentence for drug smuggling reduced.

Shannon McLure, Schapelle's ex-boyfriend, is complicating matters by calling for a boycott of Bali and by stirring up emotions about foreign aid and trade to Indonesia.

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