British Grandmother sentenced to death

[Stealhead]

Originally Posted by eddie

I was thinking more along the lines of Life in prison, instead of death. Don't believe she should get off either, but a firing squad is pretty harsh.

If she was busted in the UK, would they shoot her?

When you are in a nation that nations laws apply to you if you don't want to get shot by a firing squad it would be a good idea not to violate the law that has death by firing squad as a possible punishment.Also if the choice was life in a 3rd world prison in the tropics or death I'd choose death.

In all honesty I think that the people that say they where forced to smuggle drugs are full of it. Ever watch the show "Locked Up Abroad" after seeing that I do not have much pity for people that get caught.In some way they knew they where doing something not 100% legal and yet they still went with it.

[kiwi_2005]

Thats the law of their country, if you gonna bring drugs in and get caught as a drug mule you gonna go down...6 feet down. Even a pound of cannabis will get you 25yrs to a death sentence

[Jimbuna]

I have an open mind on the matter but the weakness here as I see it is the fact that during the passing of the sentence the judge stated he was going to show no mercy because she had shown no remorse so nothing of mitigation was taken into account.

I have a fundamental issue with those remarks...this trial has obviously been aired many times on UK tv and this woman has often been filmed in a distressed state and unable to look at her captors in the eye. Her lawyer also pleaded on her behalf that her children or child had been threatened unless she was compliant in carrying out her act.

Something doesn't quite add up here and whilst I have no sympathy for those who supply and sell drugs, I honestly think at the very least she will receive a prison sentence via presidential intervention.

[eddie]

I heard the old song"They call the wind Mariah" the other day, and using a line from that song along with the music, I came up with this, when thinking about the sentence she received-

Sharia, sharia, they call that law sharia!!!

[Platapus]

We are not talking about someone with a joint in the bottom of their purse.

She smuggled almost 5 kilograms (just over 10 pounds!) of Cocaine.

Plus the fact that when caught she tried to pass a story about being forced to smuggle, but then changed her mind.

I'm sorry it went down like this,
And someone had to lose,
It's the nature of the business,
It's the smuggler's blues.

Do not do the crime unless you are willing to pay the price.

Originally Posted by eddie

I heard the old song"They call the wind Mariah" the other day, and using a line from that song along with the music, I came up with this, when thinking about the sentence she received-

Sharia, sharia, they call that law sharia!!!

Very good, apart from the fact that it is based on Pancasila not Sharia.
Maybe you could join with Jamaah Islamiyah and sing a song for making Sharia the law of Indonesia.

Do not do the crime unless you are willing to pay the price.

How much "price" did the property developer pay to get only a four year term?
It would appear that it was him employing the other two to transport the drugs.