Verdict of the Bali nine

Being a simple minded being, it boggles me how the law works:
A drug mule found with drugs strapped to his or her body is given the life sentence.
A person, accused by the drug mule to be the ring leader, found with no drugs attached to his body is given the death sentence.

Assumed that the person is the drug ring leader, then he deserved the sentence. But imagine if he happened to be a tourist who was at the wrong place at the wrong time? What if this person happened to have an argument with the lot of drug mules and they decided to name him as a ring leader just to get a lighter sentence? I know I do not have the full details of the story and for all I know, someone found paperwork proving him beyond doubt that he is the ring leader. Still, the death sentence, is very harsh.

I know I will not be visiting Indonesia in the near future. I do not like my odds, innocent or not.

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1 Comment so far

  1. Neil (unregistered) February 14th, 2006 6:56 am

    C’mon. Dont put off the whole country because of some drug smugglers.


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