As for Ms. Corby, when you look at the actual facts surrounding her Indonesian conviction, and remove all the media hype and innuendo, there is an enourmous amount of reasonable doubt as to whether she is actually guilty at all. Is it really fair to allow this continued suffering on a “maybe”?

And then there’s a very real possibility, even probability, that she did not commit this crime. There’s a common misconception that equates a guilty verdict in Indonesia with that in Australia. Apples and oranges. In Indonesia, the drugs are in a bag, the bag belongs to you, then you are guilty. The concept of reasonable doubt does not exist there. You also get a jury trial in Australia. Not so in Indonesia. Schapelle was tried in front of a panel of 3 judges, the head judge even commented before the trial (and this is on record) that he had NEVER found a person accused of a drug crime innocent. Now let’s look at it from a different perspective:
1) Schapelle had no prior arrests
2) There is no connection as to how Schapelle would have gotten the mj. Her entire family was cleared by the Queensland police as to having any connection to drugs.
3) The drugs were sitting on top in a clear space-bag in an unlocked boogie board bag. The space-bag had also been slashed which means the oder of the mj would have been quite evident. This bag would have had to go through Brisbane International, Sydney Domestic, and Sydney International airport security without anyone noticing anything.
4) Once Schapelle checked in the bag, it was out of her control for over 12 hours during which time it was handled by umpteen number of other persons.
5) There was no intent identified as to how she was going to sell the drugs in a country in which it grows naturally.
6) The Indonesians refused Schapelle’s request to have the mj DNA tested for origin to prove in fact if it came from Australia at all.
7) The Indonesians refused to have the bag fingerprinted.
The Indonesians did not even look through the bags of Schapelle’s traveling companions.
9) The Indonesiand did not weight the combined bags to compare the weight to what it was at the time of check-in in Brisbane.
10) The Indonesian Immigration officer who testified against Schapelle did not speak any English yet claimed that Schapelle said the drugs were hers.

This can all be verified. You may not like Schapelle or the Corby family, but you cannot just ignore the amount of reasonable doubt here. So, how can I not feel for Schapelle, when I believe that she is being put through hell for something she likely did not do.