The Official Schapelle Corby Thread™ (1 Viewer)

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Post all Schapelle-related commentary, questions etc here!

 

[DJ_Cam]

Id gladly do her

 

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Tomorrow should be interesting.

 

[Tuna]

Schapelle Corby is not a topic to be discussed.

 

[leetom]

Here's a question- do you think all those who question the integrity of Indonesian Law because they allow the media to view court proceedings, should disallow themselves from watching the live verdict?

 

[bitchgirl]

she's innocent!
wish i stayed home today to watch the live coverage
but im at school atm in a computer

 

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I think the "Live Verdict" is wrong - the networks are turning her most desperate hour into a sporting event.

i invited all my mates around, we're having a BBQ and i bought a case of VB :uhhuh:

 

[iamsickofyear12]

She will be found guilty. It's just a matter of what she gets. She can still get the death penalty. Hopefully the judges will give some reasons why she is guilty so the Australian public will finall see the prosecution case because so far it has been ignored by the Australian media.

 

[Smokey_22]

I dont believe Corby would be getting as much media attention if she were a male, and didn't cry for the cameras. She has used sympathy as a good weapon - even if it may not be intentional.
Despite her family's apparent drug history i'm leaning toward innocent - but i think a live verdict is perhaps wrong. Crosses or updates would be fine. If channel ten were doing it, Gretel Killeen would be there saying "sms GUILTY or NOT GUILTY to 19 42 83 "

I say 10 years

 

[absolution*]

Popcorn... check.
Coke... check.
Novelty Mike Munro action figure... check.

Im set.

Give me a "S"!, give me a "C"! give me a "H", give me a "A" ....... *trails off*

 

[OZGIRL86]

I think the "Live Verdict" is wrong - the networks are turning her most desperate hour into a sporting event.

I agree....

i invited all my mates around, we're having a BBQ and i bought a case of VB :uhhuh:

lol breaking

 

[MoonlightSonata]

What irritates me is those who say that in these circumstances Australian law is so much fairer and more lenient. There's a bunch of local criminal solicitors, for example, in the Manly Daily, saying it would never have gone to trial - then they mention how the defence hasn't proved her guilty, etc. Obviously there are a lot of local solicitors wanting to get their name in the paper who have never dealt with the Federal jurisidiction - ie. import/export drug offences.

The deeming provisions of NSW legislation and the intended strict liability of the Federal drug legislation (read down by the courts) puts significant onus on the accused. Those who think the Indonesian system is backward because they require her to prove she is not guilty do not have much knowledge of the Australian drug laws, which have considerable parallels.

Whether she is guilty or not I have no idea and I don't think anyone really does. However, if it were to be tried in Australia, in my opinion there would still be a substantial chance of conviction.

 

[iamsickofyear12]

Prosecutors are going for life not death.

As for the people who assume that and swear that she is innocent...can i ask what do you base that on?

The prosecutors recommended life, but the judges can still give the death penalty.

I dont believe Corby would be getting as much media attention if she were a male, and didn't cry for the cameras. She has used sympathy as a good weapon - even if it may not be intentional.

That's exactly right. No one has ever cared about any other Australian's in the same situation. And because everyone is only listening to the emotion they all think she is innocent. The main judge said he didn't care about her emotion because it was based on legal points, and the defense had none.

 

[spell check]

Bleh. I dont know if she is guilty of not but the whole OMG OMG OMG SHE IS SO INNOCENT smacks so badly of isolationist self obsessed Australia.

no it doesn't

people have sympathy for her on a personal level, not because they don't think an australian would ever be guilty of something like this

 

[tempco]

i agree with asqy. the approach of australia in general towards the corby case is juts screwed. no way i'm watching channel 7s report. probably filled with emotion-driven commentary anyway.

 

[spin spin sugar]

no it doesn't

people have sympathy for her on a personal level, not because they don't think an australian would ever be guilty of something like this

yeah exactly
sorry asqy, maybe thats what its like for some people, but for ME, personally, i feel like shes innocent purely on my gut feeling. and even if she isn't, i still feel really sorry for her. but i guess i just relate to her, i mean i can imagine being that stupid not to lock my bags when i go away and stuff too. its the idea of being in her situation that is so disturbing... that ANYONE could be on a holiday and end up in some gross indonesian jail

 

[bubz :D]

i'm reading the "live commentary" from smh
(at uni)

Corby has until next Wednesday to make a decision on whether to accept the verdict or appeal.

We cannot be sure of the exact decisino at this stage. There is too much noise.

The judge said 20 years and then he said six months... Corby is telling the family to settle down.

The family is yellgin at the judge, nothgin can be heard of the judge

The family is yellgin at the judge, nothgin can be heard of the judge

The court is erupting

She has been given 20 years

it's been proven that she has imported drugs into Indonesia. Guilty on first count.

 

[iamsickofyear12]

She was always going to be found guilty. And 20 years was probably a good guess at what she was going to get.

 

[iamsickofyear12]

What makes you think that her story is true? Her crying? what makes you assume that it is dodgy baggage handlers?

I personally dont know if she is guilty or not. the majority of Australia, I would submit, doesnt give two flying fucks about the evidence against her.

Emotional news casting gives the impression that she is as innocent as hell. not the mention the fact that i really do think that most of australia simply think she is guilty based on subconscious notions of Australia being superior in all ways which includes the justice system.

Everyone knows that 20 years is heavy for pot. BUT if she really is guilty, which the court has found, then I can only sympathise with her sentence because I think it is too long. but I cant see how she is innocrnt or any different from the many many drugs cases that are heard in that part of the world.

She got 20 years because she was found guilty of the importing charge. If it was one of the lesser charges she might have been given less.

So many people believe she is innocent for absolutely no reason.

 

[spin spin sugar]

like i said asqy, for me it is instinctual, which i KNOW is bullshit, but still. it's my instinct. just in the way she carries herself i guess, she doesn't seem to me like someone who is guilty, but i realise again that's a judgement based on, and coloured by, the media.

i guess its just so easy to sympathise/empathise with her as a younge female. i can't really explain why.

but i feel really really sorry for her now, 20 years, that is fucked. i would be surprised if she doesn't kill herself if that sentence is the final word