The Schapelle Corby Story

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Originally Posted by miss duece

so by your own prejudice

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Prejudice miss duce :confused: I mealy pointed out that America had set a precedence on a topic you were talking about. I don’t know how you deducted I’m prejudice by mentioning a precedence :dunno:

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Originally Posted by miss duece

so by your own prejudice, since i'm american i must agree with everything my country does?

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No dear girl. And I never hinted at such. I don't lump everyone in the same basket.

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Originally Posted by miss duece

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"RhondaLee, If you can’t find postage stamps, then we know who the airhead is."

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why are you always belittling people who don't agree with you?

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Nay miss duece :eek: You do me wrong again. I only used RhondaLee's own words. (See below) She casted the first stone ;) I mearly picked it up and handed it back ;)

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Originally Posted by RhondaLee

I have trouble finding a store that sells postage stamp....



Besides, what if she is a airhead

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During WW2, An american serviceman was caught murdering a woman in Melbourne, and it was discovered that he had killed several women on Australian soil. Australian law was not recognised, and bypassed, and the US Military had tried the man, even though he was still on Australian soil.

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Not quite accurate. The man was a rapist, not a murderer. Australia had first dibs on him, due to the crime occuring on Australian soil, but chose to surrender him to the US military. The reason? Australia, at the time imposed the death penalty only for murder, while the US military had (and still does have, I believe) the DP for rape. So, the Australian government allowed the US military to try him by Court Martial, and he was taken off to one of the US islands and hung.

There was a LOT of controversy about it in Australia at the time, but it was primarily aimed at the Attorney General, whom it was felt had erred in handing the serviceman over.

Dododecapod. Thanks sweets. I knew about it, but vaguely. Had the story slightly skewed, but I didn’t know where to look.

Indonesia is not a military threat and if you believe they are, where is your proof to support you statement?
miss duece is correct in her statement.

thank you.

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Originally Posted by Dododecapod

Not quite accurate. The man was a rapist, not a murderer. Australia had first dibs on him, due to the crime occuring on Australian soil, but chose to surrender him to the US military. The reason? Australia, at the time imposed the death penalty only for murder, while the US military had (and still does have, I believe) the DP for rape. So, the Australian government allowed the US military to try him by Court Martial, and he was taken off to one of the US islands and hung.

There was a LOT of controversy about it in Australia at the time, but it was primarily aimed at the Attorney General, whom it was felt had erred in handing the serviceman over.

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There was and still is a treaty about it, though pres. Clinton suspended it, and if a asome one in the Australia military or several other contries mitatarys that the US has simialar treatys with did something thay would get him or her to prosicute as well. Oh one other thing, under the UCMJ it is the opoiset than in US civilian cort, In militay cort you have to prove you are inasent, not the prociuter prove you gilty

I have a good mate who lives in Bali with his Balinese wife.

I was talking to him last week. I'd be very wary of arguing for Shapells innocence after what he told me.

They have followed the case closely as actual observers not via the media. Moreover, they speak Bahasa Indonesian and his wife speaks Balinese as well and they know the culture and the legal system.

Shapelle has got a nre more savvy legal team who will get an appeal and find a suitably corrupt official to declare a mistrial based on insufficient evidence. That doesn't mean that she did'nt do it.

There are no shortage of corrupt officials as I have become quite aware from my frequent visits to Indonesia.

My feeling is that corruption is decreasing under the influence of the current government and one is often pleasantly surprised these days to meet an official who is quite uncorrupt and professional.