The Schapelle Corby Story

[Caitlin]

you say i have no point when i say that prosecution's job is not to prove someone's innocence. yet you say that they failed to prove that the bag wasn't tampered with. thats the defense's problem. prosecutors jobs are to PROSECUTE. they convince the judge or jury someone's guilty while the defense does the opposite. if you can't get the point of that then i'm sorry there's no simplier way to explain it.

I never said you have no point, and … I never indicated that it is the prosecutors job to prove an accused innocent. What I’m saying is that, the bag is a crucial piece of evidence. Schapelle identified the bag as being tampered with. Authorities failed to procure or extract any other evidence from the bag other than the drugs.

The defence asked that the bag be fingerprinted, and this request was dismissed. Therefore, the tampered bag scenario could not be used by the defence to prove innocence, and since the tampered bag scenario was raised in court, it was not disproved by the prosecution. Therefore, by failing to do so in this matter, they did not disprove that she is innocent. If the prosecution could prove that the bag was not tampered with, then they would have strengthened their case that Schepelle is guilty (we are talking prior to conviction here).

And I’m not saying they had to, I’m just saying they didn’t. If you can’t get the point of that, then I’m sorry there’s no simpler was to explain it.

whats your point that drugs are smuggled out of indonesia? it has nothing to do with this case where she was bringing it in. doesn't matter if the country is full of drugs already, the law still stands and exists.

The point is, why would someone smuggle a bag full of marijuana from Australia, where the sale price for the commodity is quite high, to Indonesia, where the sale price for the same commodity is a much lower sale price, (and the standard conviction is the death penalty )?? I thought I was clear in my smuggling drugs to Columbia example to you. It is the unanswered ’Why?’ and doesn’t make sense. Therefore adds to her presumption of innocence.

of course its expected that you'll be emotionally offended by anything other than the response you expect to get.

No, not really. As you said, it’s a forum. I’m giving my opinion on the matter. Your post lacked tact, finesse and sensitivity, as did mine