I have just heard the verdict & sentence for Shapelle, & I am horrified & appalled. In Australia this is probably deemed a 'light' sentence for this crime, but I have always believed this young woman to have been set up & innocent of the charge
Our government has announced, now the verdict has been brought down, they will send two QC's to help her appeal against the sentence! Where were they when this whole shameful mess started? Why were they not made available at the beginning? Shapelle & her family are going to need all the finacial, physical, legal, spiritual & emotional help they can get. If Jonh Howard & his government have been doing as much as they have said, why have we not been made aware of it?
Is it more important to protect relations with Indonesia, or any country for that matter, at the expense of one of our citizens? When is this guy going to show some real leadership & moral backbone?
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It is not the role of government to step in when one of its citizens is charged with an offence overseas.
There are some 140 Australians overseas that have been charged with drug offences. Some are on death row amongst those figures.
Why is it the business of the Australian Government to step in for them and provide lawyers? What happened to having responsibility for your own actions and defending them?
As it appears there has been a miscarriage of justice now is the opportune time for the Govt to step in and offer some help.
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