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The harrowing story of Schapelle Corby, a young Australian woman who is accused of international drug trafficking after ten pounds of marijuana are found in one of her bags while on vacation in Bali.
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Aug 30, 2008 12:25 PM
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> I don't find it ironic that her father's ex-neighbour
> was growing marijuana and was raided. I don't know
> about the US, but there are a lot of people who grow
> marijuana for personal use in Australia.
Oh there are plenty of people who marijuana in the U.S. - not one of them wants to get caught doing it of course!
> In my opinion, what the neighbour did was his own
> personal business, and it's not fair for the media to
> drag Schapelle and her her father into it. I would
> hope that I'm not responsible for what my
> ex-neighbours have or haven't done.
Scary when you are accused of "guilt by association."
And you really never know who your neighbors are...what happens behind closed doors?
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Aug 27, 2008 8:31 PM
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I don't find it ironic that her father's ex-neighbour was growing marijuana and was raided. I don't know about the US, but there are a lot of people who grow marijuana for personal use in Australia.
In my opinion, what the neighbour did was his own personal business, and it's not fair for the media to drag Schapelle and her her father into it. I would hope that I'm not responsible for what my ex-neighbours have or haven't done.
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Aug 24, 2008 4:17 PM
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After viewing the documentary, "Ganja Queen", I?m disgusted at the injustice that Schapelle Corby received. I?ve watched the doc several times assuming that I must be missing something.
To simply be satisfied with a guilty verdict makes me question the motive and integrity of those who settled for this verdict. I cannot comprehend why the evidence was so quickly destroyed and why it was never tested. In such a controversial case, I would think that the Indonesian government would have been willing to exhaust all avenues in order to prove their case. I am truly disturbed with all that has transpired. Several Indonesian and International laws were broken. It is not about whether you believe in her innocence; but whether you believe in the right to a fair trial, an honest judicial system, and a world where guilt must be proven (not innocence). Ask yourself, ?Did she truly receive a fair trial?? I don?t believe that she did. Schapelle is a human being and therefore deserves to be treated as one. We must begin to correct the violations of the various laws.
I?ve spent numerous hours scouring the internet. Like many others my first source was Wikipedia, however I?ve found inaccuracies on the wikipage. It contains information that has been found false. Her wikipage contains misinformation and stories that have been squashed as tabloid press. Maybe instead of putting all of your scrutiny on Schapelle and her family-maybe we ought to be looking at who keeps putting out these false reports. For those who buy into all of these scandals as they are nothing more that fictitious babble, shame on you.
I purchased a copy of My Story (and No More Tomorrows to see if there are any differences). It has been a harrowing read, but I definitely recommend to others. The family isn?t asking for money. It?s nothing more than a support site set up by those who want to make sure that Schapelle isn?t forgotten and that she will have all her basic needs. Kerobokan isn?t a US or OZ prison. She doesn?t have a bed, balanced diet, clean water, proper sanitary conditions or cable (okay the cable is a totally different US prison issue of misspent funding that I couldn?t resist to throw in there). We don?t know how much the family has received in defamation settlements-however anyone who has any knowledge of any legal system knows that money and resources are quickly exhausted.
Compassion and support goes out to Schapelle, the Corby family and all of her supporters. I will continue to search for the justice that Schapelle so much deserves. She has already lost so much and shouldn?t be punished for something she didn?t commit. I believe in Schapelle. I believe in humanity. I believe that Schapelle should be a free woman!
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Aug 1, 2008 8:49 PM
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> You don't find it ironic the neighbor was growing
> weed and was raided?
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I wish they would have been able to test it to see where it came from. But they did nothing. I think it is going to be one of those cases that we never really know the whole truth about what happened.
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Jul 22, 2008 10:29 PM
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You don't find it ironic the nieghbor was growing weed and was raided?
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Think about it. If Schapelle is innocent, her family can't have been involved because they would have had to place the drugs in her bag before it was checked in at Brisbane airport.
Corby, her friends and half-brother all traveled to the airport together in the same car. If a member of her family put the drugs in her bag, Schapelle would know about it. She would have noticed it before she took her bag to the check-in counter. QANTAS check-in staff would be mighty suspicious to see a boogie board weigh over 4 kilograms (9 pounds). Boogie boards are only very light (different to surfboards).
The media has put out so much propaganda about this case, people are confused and missing the logical facts.
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Jul 16, 2008 11:57 AM
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I remember reading about this case as it unfolded. At the time, it highlighted other cases that had been in the news of the same vein. Like the woman in Florida that went to jail and had her children removed from her because the police did a drug raid on her house and found drug paraphernalia. She ended up getting the charges dropped, after 4 months of hell. Turns out the police raided the wrong address, and felt they had to return something to the higher ups so they took as evidence all they had. What was it they found? Sandwich baggies in her kitchen cupboard.
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Jul 12, 2008 12:39 PM
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Wikipedia is not always true and correct. Anyone can go in and add anything they want on that board. It is really hard to know all the facts in this case as they did not bring them all to trial. No video tapes, no testing and I don't think they will ever get to the truth.
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Jul 12, 2008 12:03 PM
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Okay so I have watched this documentary more than once since it has been aired and I really think that Schapelle is gulity of something. I am not sure it if it just stupidity or drug trafficking. I have tried to read up on this case and keep and open mind but the more I find and read the more I feel she is guilty. Her whole crazy family is involved somehow it appears. Just check out the post on Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schapelle_Corby#Controversy
This is enough to make you think twice about the whole case.
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Jul 8, 2008 10:27 PM
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it was the half brothers chronic!!she is probably innocent...to go into an airport in todays world with that much weed (locked or unlocked) is insane!!!i will stick to ocean city for my vacations..
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Jul 8, 2008 10:18 PM
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I finally saw this the other night. All I can say is wow! It reminded me of a movie I saw years ago called Brokedown Palace. I'm going to try and catch this again because I did feel like there were things left unanswered. I was left with the impression her father or nieghbor was involved. Any one else feel that way?
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hello omg thats so messed up that u have to get shot for weed in that country and that those ppl would be in here mommas face smioing with the signs saying to kill her daugfhter
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Jul 8, 2008 8:46 PM
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I must say, I have read Schapelle's book ("No More Tomorrows"), and have been reading everything there is to read about the case for the past year now (including smear attacks from the media).
I am convinced she is innocent. People are entitled to think she is guilty, but let me ask them this:
Doesn't EVERYONE deserve the right to a fair trial?
Doesn't everyone deserve to have evidence preserved and presented in court?
Even if you think she is guilty, this story should scare the hell out of you because if YOU or a loved one ever has drugs planted on you in Indonesia, you will absolutely be prevented from proving your innocence.
Don't think it won't happen to you. Bribery and corruption is rife over there and they DO plant drugs on people to extract bribes.
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Jul 7, 2008 7:42 PM
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Hi Ezra -
Kind of funny that the judge wouldn't allow the CCTV footage of Schapelle with the custom's agent, doncha think? I wonder what they were afraid the world might see? Perhaps that the customs agent was lying? Questions...questions...and more questions....
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Jul 7, 2008 1:16 AM
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I saw the doc again last night. Fixated by the scene where the customs agent describes the moment when he asked to inspect the bag-
He expresses skepticism that she could have smelled, and subsequently known the bag contained, marijuana because he couldn't smell anything despite the fact that he was right beside her. She barely opened the bag yet she knew it was in there.
As they say: She who smelt it dealt it!!!
She's a dunny rat. TOTALLY GUILTY
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