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Tata More. Foreign and Domestic. Options for Recall by David McCaleb. Options for Hunter Killer by Brad Taylor. Hunter Killer. There were stories she told where girls helped her or guards even were nice but that was never acknowledged by her. I began reading this book thinking she was innocent but weirdly enough after reading this book I have begun doubting her.
Natuurlijk begip ik dat het geen fijne situatie is maar dit meisje haat iedereen en met iedereen eindigt het in ruzie dus ik denk dat dat vooral aan haar ligt. Merk dat ook in dit boek. Echt niets is goed.
Niet haar advocaten, niet de regeringen van Indonesie of Australie. Ze maakt vrienden maar allen eindigen in ruzie. Ik was overtuigd van haar onschuld mar vreemd genoeg juist door dit boek aka klaagzang ben ik gaan twijfelen.
Where to begin? How about by saying that I truly feel sorry for Schapelle and the miscarriage of justice that she was subjected to. It really is a shame that she wasn't entitled to the same rights that she would have been back in her native country.
Having said that the whole book was a big sob story. I was expecting juicy prison gossip and her struggle to survive on a daily basis. She whinges about everything understandably but at the same time she had the Australian government bankrolling a lot of her expenses and her family members making daily visits and bringing more than enough wholesome food.
Sure, her living conditions were far from great but compared to others she was a lot better off. She complains about the media being intrusive and insensitive, which they probably are too, but without them she wouldn't have gotten the Australian government on board which would have resulted in a rather bleak existence in prison.
There are also a lot of disparaging remarks aimed at a quite a few people helping her out. She later rationalizes this and then goes on to say that she had a bad feeling about them all along.
Well, sweetheart, you could have done something about it from the beginning. Despite what you claim, no one was forcing you to sign anything you didn't feel comfortable with or chose people that you felt couldn't represent your best interests. The only thing you were forced to do was to be detained against your wishes.
I sincerely hope that something good will come out of this experience for Schapelle and that the Indonesian government will be shamed into making an apology and improving their facilities for everyone's sake. The arrest, trial and conviction of Schapelle Corby occured in the few years just proceeding my move away from Australia in , but it remains one of the most talked-about legal cases that I can remember in my lifetime.
For those outside of Australia, her name may be vaguely familiar, but for Australians over the age of 25 or so, it was a case that everyone had an opinion about.
For anyone not familiar with the case, Schapelle was arrested in Indonesia, after more than 4 kilograms of marjuana was discovered in her boogie board bag by customs officials. Travelling with her younger brother and two friends, she was immediately arrested and languished for several months before being taken to trial.
Convicted of attempting to smuggle the drugs into Indonesia, she was sentenced to 20 years in jail. Schapelle's story is incredibly readable, both for the fact that it's so incredibly horrendous, scary, and unimaginable as it is for the realistic, no-holding back portrayal of her life in prison.
With exerpts of Schapelle's diary and from various newspaper reports, no matter what anyone's opinion is of whether she is guilty or innocent, it makes for terrifying reading. Even IF she is guilty, she's more than paid for her crime - and yet has only served half of her sentence so far. My one and only criticism of the writing style is the pre-emtive chapter endings - I'm really not a fan of the whole 'It was only going to get worse'-type sentence usage.
As well as the trauma of serving a sentence in a jail with no running water, sleeping on a floor and having to rely almost solely on your family to bring you the things you need to survive from day to day because the authorities just don't provide it, there is also the media circus that Schapelle has almost constantly endured since her arrest.
Until I had read Schapelle's story and seen some of the pictures included in the book, I hadn't fully appreciated how intrusive, upsetting and intense the local media presence became during the case. So, do I think Schapelle is innocent or guilty? Well, I'm going to take the easy way out and say Schapelle is the only person that truly knows, but I do think she has received a very raw deal, even if she is guilty.
I also believe that she should be allowed to serve the remainder of her prison sentence in Australia, closer to her family and with adequate sanitation and medical facilities. The details of her trial and the revelations about her legal team, the standard of investigation by the Indonesian authorities, and the way that her trial was conducted should be enough to serve as a warning to anyone - it is, pretty much, a dogs breakfast.
Enjoyed is the wrong word for this book - but it certainly opened my eyes to her case, how it was conducted and how the media can be so very brutal. Leanna Henderson. If you want to continue living in la-la land where bad things only happen to bad people and good wins over evil, you shouldn't read Schapelle's story. Guilty or innocent?
Whatever your opinion is, you can't argue with the fact that her trial was in no way fair. What sealed the question for me is a blog that simply stated - Guilty people don't beg for forensic testing of the evidence. I'm sick thinking of her suffering in prison. I really feel for her I guess because I am close to her in age and our personalities seem to be very similar.
Unfortunately, it doesn't look like her story is going to unfold into Mandela-esque inspiration. Sign up and get a free ebook! Trade Paperback eBook. About The Book. About The Author. Photo Credit:. Rodney Lofton.
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