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May 28, 2005
Corby case, opinion from the expert
I'm a bit sick with the media circus surrounding Corby for the past 2 days. Have they all forgotten far more important and interesting issues like the change in the unfair dismissal law? Or even not a big rugby fan myself, the Waratahs' game tonight is a more intersting read.
The media, sensing a golden opportunity of milking as much money as they can from Corby's case, clobered us with tons of articles, stories, photoes etc. It's hard to pick a number of good, sensible article here.
This one from Tim Lindsey is a really good, well informed and well thought article about Corby:
Sunk by defence team that didn't rise to the challenge...
The prosecution established a prima facie case against her relatively easily. There was no dispute that the cannabis was in her bag when it was opened at Bali's Ngurah Rai Airport. Their witness said Corby had admitted it was hers. She denied this - as might be expected, regardless of whether she was guilty or innocent.The Indonesian system has enshrined the presumption of innocence in legislation as a human right, but once a prima facie case is established - that is, the minimum required to establish the elements of the charge - the burden effectively shifts to the defence to counter the prosecution case. This is true of almost all legal systems, including, in most cases, our own. Corby's main problem was that her defence team did not rise well to the challenge of countering the prima facie prosecution case by proving her baggage-handler hypothesis.
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And this editorial by The Herald is also very good:
Corby verdict the inevitable...
Yet long before the sentence was handed down many concerned Australians had elevated Corby to martyr status. But a martyr to what cause? There are 155 Australians in foreign jails on drugs charges, two facing the death penalty. However, their stories of personal tragedy, stupidity and brazen greed fail to move us, while Corby touches strangers: "If eyes are the windows to the soul, I see a soft kindness shining through," wrote one supporter. Others responded less benignly, turning instead on Indonesia.
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Enough of this, I'm off surfing.
Posted by vhadiant at May 28, 2005 01:06 PM
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well, not much can be said.. it is basically just a histeria. I mean, if it were a Nigerian instead of Australian, the Media wouldn't have been that "hyperactive". But if there is at least a lesson to be learned : airports must make sure that bagage handlers can't plant anything in the luggages of innocent passangers... or something like that..
Posted by: Lord Voldemort at May 30, 2005 10:46 PM
You're right it's histeria, sanity returns today. On SMH top 5 most viewed stories, only one about Corby and it's #2. Yesterday it was all 5 about Corby, nuts.
Posted by: vhadiant at May 30, 2005 11:22 PM
Not as many corbys on the news and on the net as it was a few weeks ago.. a bit late for me to put it on my blog LOL..
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at June 25, 2005 11:50 PM
