Shoutbox

Had Schapelle not been an attractive young lady, I'm sure she would have received far less media coverage. Personally, I think she's innocent, solely on the fact that the whole situation seems incredibly wack - I can't believe anyone would be foolish enough to attempt smuggling 4.1 kilos of drugs without at least attempting to conceal them, especially in a place where they risk the death penalty. However, I guess the bali nine is proof that some people do make stupid mistakes.

I read several articles that mentioned much evidence that could have made a big difference in proving her innocence was botched - for example, the drugs were found in a bag which they wanted to fingerprint to see if it had in fact been handled by other people, as it was inside the larger boogie board bag. However, the police refused to fingerprint it, I think because it had been contaminated - it had been handled by several people already without gloves - including the JUDGE himself..
Basically, since you are considered guilty until proven innocent, I guess it was a losing battle for her, especially when they are unwilling to cooperate. How are you supposed to prove your innocence if they ruin all your evidence?

Anyway, I think it's funny how they said "please don't boycott us" - I don't think they understand that people don't like being sentanced to death for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.