Watch: HBO Documentary – “Ganja Queen”
Monday, June 30th, 2008 at 12:06 pm | By: Radical Russ
Tonight is the premiere of the HBO Documentary Films presentation of “Ganja Queen”. The movie tells the story of Schappelle Corby, which I’ve detailed before on the Stash and on my own blog. Corby was landing in Bali on a flight from Australia when airport officials discovered nine pounds of marijuana in her bags. Corby claims the marijuana was not in her bag when she left Australia. The defense claims she was the victim of a airport smuggling ring that used unsuspecting passengers’ bags – a smuggler working in baggage at the Australian airport would put the marijuana in the bag and a smuggler working in baggage in Bali would off-load the marijuana from the bag. There was even testimony from a Bali prisoner who claims to have overheard two other prisoners discussing how they had botched a similar smuggling assignment from Australia to Bali.
But the Indonesian courts aren’t very forgiving of drug crimes – smugglers and dealers can be given the death penalty. Prosecutors wanted the courts to sentence Corby to life in prison. Instead, for smuggling nine pounds of marijuana into Bali, she was sentenced to twenty years in prison, where she still sits today.
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Just for comparison: I thought you’d also like to know that the same month Indonesian courts were sentencing Schappelle Corby to 240 months in prison for nine pounds of marijuana, they were also sentencing Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir for his role in the 2002 Bali [nightclub bombing] blasts that killed 202 people. The Indonesian court upheld his sentence of thirty months.
Got that? Conspire to kill hundreds, you get 2½ years; smuggle pounds of pot, you get 20 years.
Topics: documentary, HBO, Schappelle Corby
I watched this documentary and I’ve never cried or been so upset in my entire life!
My heart was breaking for Schapelle and I wanted to SCREAM!
I wanted to pluck her out of that horrible situation, remove her fears, wipe her tears and put her back with her family.
I can honestly say that I’ve never seen such a miscarriage of justice in my entire life!
It literally sickened me physically to see Schapelle paraded through a MOB of bloodthirsty monsters,,, screaming for her death!
Those people should be ashamed of themselves!
The judges and police in this case have earned themselves a special place in HELL!
The people of Bali should be disgusted by the actions of their corrupt police and judges!
I will NEVER travel to such a horrible place and fill their coffers with my tourism dollars!
At the very least..People should boycott travel to Bali and write letters demanding justice for Schapelle!
I watched the doc earlier this eve and i am still beating myself up on how to help this poor girl i would love to just go there and break her out or something i believe that Schapelle is inocent and it sickens me to see what has happened to her and i also agree where is the austrailan gov’t who by the way knows of a certain number of bagage handlers that were involved in a drug trafficing ring working at the same airport she was at the same day she was there for those of you who want to do what you can to help this inocent girl you can go to this link which will link you to amnisty international,cnn,opra,the austrailan pm,and many other sites and people you can write to http://www.freeschapelle.net/ lets all work together and free Schappelle Corby!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That is the land of Capital Punishment. Them thats got the Capital, Don’t get the Punishment! System sounds somewhat familiar doesn’t it? Ditto on the ‘how fucked’
I just watched the doc, and i was blowen away, and then i read that someome who killed 202 people gor only 2 years and she got 20. how fucked
The three sub humans that were convicted in the Bali night club bombings were sentenced to death and are awaiting sentence to be carried out. Can I get an OH YEA!
I cant believe how incredibly stupid, close minded and ignorant the Bali Justice system is. They should be taken in front of a fireing squad. When I watched the documentary on HBO about Schappelle Corby, I was horrified, it was just like that movie with Claire Danes & Kate Becensale “Broke Down Palace”. Seeing how Shappelle’s government did nothing, left a real bad taste in my mouth. They just flat out didnt give a shit about the poor girl.I hope the Australlian people dont give up on Schapelle, continue to fight for her because “SHE IS INNOCENT”!!