I can't believe she's guilty for one second. Does anyone really?
Everything about the case is so wrong. Her background, her appearance, her motive, etc, etc. You'd just have to be a nutcase to have done what she's accused of, and to have done it the way she's accused of doing it. She doesn't come across as a nutcase.
As to the conspiracy theories, well, you're always going to get that. On the surface they appear to add up pretty much I guess. Either that or there's a very serious problem with airport security in Australia. I find that hard to believe, but maybe it is so.
As for your Police Comissioner, yeah, nice one mate. I know that it's easy to say from here, but I also don't believe that officialdom in NZ would treat one of our citizens who ended up in a similar situation as Schapelle in the same crap way your Government has seemed to. At least I'd hope not. Maybe there's a lot of "behind the scenes" stuff going on. But essentially, they seem to want to hang her out to dry.
On the other side of that particular coin, it's pleasing to see that "ordinary" Aussies are still prepared to go the extra mile for their fellow man. See, that's why Kiwis love you guys really. We share that battling ANZAC spirit for the underdog. I think your pollies have let Schapelle down outrageously. Surprise surpise, they're such an admirable lot.
I reckon she's completely innocent. I saw a news report in which they got a whole bunch of body language analysts and psychologists to study video footage of her. Their unanimous verdict was that she's telling the truth. That's enough for me. Either that or she should be commended for her impossibly brilliant acting skills (which is highly unlikely).
But also, the under-trained and over-zealous Indonesian police didn't even test the bag containing the drugs for fingerprints - instead they had their bare hands all over it, showing off their catch to the media. That ruined any hope of future testing. One simple fingerprint test could have ended the matter months ago.
There's a ton other reasons to assume she's innocent but I won't go into them all.
The worst factor though is their legal system (not to mention police that can be bought) which (as I understand it) works so that you are presumed guilty until you can prove your innocence - completely opposite to ours. That makes things soooo much harder.
It'll be great if she gets out, but things aren't looking too good.
I'm not generally one for jumping on bandwagons, but I think that she really IS innocent. Simply because the alleged crime makes so little sense. Surely the drug traffic flows from Indonesia to Australia, and not the other way around?
To consciously import drugs in the way that she is supposed to have done would require complete and utter stupidity, and I don't think she's otherwise demonstrated stupidity. Her own story, while in some ways unlikely, actually seems more plausible to me.
I tend to agree with everything you folks have said. In my eyes there is no hard evidence (other than the fact she was caught with the drugs in her UNLOCKED bag) to suggest she had anything to do with drug trafficking, or even drugs themselves for that matter. She has no history and doesn't fit the profile.
It's sad to think such a hard line legal system could convict perhaps innocent people on the strength of being caught in possession of drugs.
After travelling much of the world and never locking my bag once, i can't help but think how easy it could be to be unwittingly caught in possession of a substance some countries de-criminalise and even legalise.
Sadly i think she will be found guilty, The sentence? does it really matter how many years it is? It's her life over....