This is crazy

Friday May 27, 2005 - 3:16PM EDT

Article 9 = 20. What does that mean. 9lbs of marijuna equals 20 years in an Indonesian prison. That is insanity. Didn't a former Dallas Cowboy get caught with a truckload of Marijuna, twice. He only got 2 years or something like that. Even if she did smuggle it in, which she claims she didn't 20 years is fucking ludicrous. Ok, so there are probably much worse injustices, but when such an injustice is in public eye you can't stand there and let it go. There is no way Autralia will let her serve 20 years in prison. Unless there is something more sinister going on here. I have no tolerance for overly strict penal codes. Some of the punishments for stupid little things are ridiculous. California 3 strikes law being a prime example. Who ever came up with the bright idea of that anyway, some goes for prisons. Crimes like theft and smuggling are the fault of a defunct system and society, not the person. Murder (i'd include malicious brutality that doesn't lead to death but critical injuries with that) and sex crimes are the only things I can think of at the moment that can have the least to do with the system and society, and deserve to be dealt with harshly. I already went over this too, sort of. Negative and positive reinforcement, damn what the hell is going on

Remember that thing with that kid who got sentenced to 20 lashes with the a cane in Singapore for vandalizing cars. That is totally different from this, that was hilarious.

I've been reading more about this case and have come to the conclusion that the U.S.judicial system has to be by far the best in the world. It may still suck, but people do try to improve it all the time. Like the recent DNA evidence presented in many cases of past convictions. There is a documentary about it. The Indonesian system doesn't even sound remotely fair(based on the quick research I have done). I have also come to the conclusion that when it comes to government you can't be one sided. You can't either love it or hate it. Recognize its good things but don't let that compel you to be a gung-ho supporter. You have to criticize and dissect every part of the system you love or it will eat you, like Tyson wanted to eat children.