Given we have such a useless method of dealing out representative punishments in the Uk, restricted by EU human rights Act. When most of us here would like to see life mean life, where child molesters should do life,
Are we now going to send an envoy to Bali to plead this womans human rights, when she must have know the penalties she could expect if she was caught, She claims she was pressured into doing it to save her sons who were involved in the drugs trade. If they were involved in this particular venture, could we bargain for the womans life by sending them there for trial on the basis of a 3 for one exchange 3 life sentances instead of one death by firing squad?
Lots of people will answer on the grounds the end never justifies the means,.yes we have had all that..the question is should we get invovled contesting another countries laws.
Published: 28/05/201
A BRITISH woman arrested over the alleged smuggling of cocaine worth £1.6 million was paraded before the media in Bali.
Lindsay Sandiford, 55, originally from Redcar, was allegedly stopped with the 4.7kg haul in a suitcase as she arrived at Bali’s Ngurah Rai International Airport on May 19.
Wearing an orange prison T-shirt, Sandiford covered her face at a press conference on the Indonesian island, where she was pictured at a table surrounded by packages wrapped up in brown tape as a customs official cut them open.
Indonesia has extremely strict drug laws and convicted smugglers are executed.
A Foreign Office spokesman said: “We are aware of the arrest in Bali and we stand ready to provide consular assistance.”
Nothing has actually been mentioned about the sons being involved in drugs, seems one did time for a spate of roberies and was sentanced to six year. appaently less than a year for each of the robberies he committed, a lot less after parole was given. Got no sympathy for the stupid.
And NO we should not go down the road of ''but she is english its inhumnan to execute English people, we don't mind you shooting yours, just do not shoot ours''.
Rose, by default I don't agree with the death penalty. For some its too quick and easy get out. Oyr givernment will be shouting human rights, but do they tell Saudi arabi to stuff their oil, when they are stoning women to death, publc beheadings and not to mention chopping hands off. Its the Hypocricy of it all that infuriates, me. Not to mention how many deaths are caused by gang turf wars, eg, the poor young grl of 7 confined to a wheel chair for the rest of her life, Her grandfather killed. Totally innocent people, now we have a mother and father, charged with killing 5 of their children. Where does it all end. I cannot say definately, but sure I have read it somewhere, the death penalty is still in existence in this country for certain acts of high treason, the assasination of the Monach being one, rape of a royal Princess another. Not to mention MI6 bumping people off putting them in a tote bag, zipping it up padlocking and then sayng the guy did it himself he is a sexual deviant????
Should The EU legal commission rule UK laws regarding life terms are a contravention of human rights, and sentances must be regularly reviewed, surely once a person has been convicted and given life, the emphasis on being locked up until they die.
If a Judge rules that. is'nt that inhuman, giving someone false, hope, over pointless reviews?
Sounds silly, but its like murdering a family or a child and saying I only killed them for 10 years, then they will be ok.
I actually don't think we should get involved. It's fine to do everything in our countries power to prove their innocence, if in fact they are, but if their guilt is proven, then they should be prepared to pay the consequences. I'm sure that if one of the taliban entered our country, blew up a primary school, killing several, and then fled to his own country, would we not want him to pay for the crime committed? Of course we would. We would want him prosecuted under our laws as that is where the crime was commited. That is an extreme example but is it okay to commit less serious offences then in the knowledge that your country will intervene and get you off?
Would you feel the same if a drug smuggler had been found to have made a fortune on their trade and were now pleading their innocence because they had finally been caught?
What if you had a child who had become addicted, would you still feel lenient towards that person?
No easy answer really is there?
I guess it comes down to common sense. If you are going to another country...at least understand the laws and penalties of that country!!
With the internet and all the information technology we have...there is no excuse not to know these things.