Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Presumption of Innocence

The Corby Saga continues with new and fresh allegations from drug addicts being paid for stories, virtually every week. The media has made a circus out of something that should have been out in the open. I am not talking about guilt or innocence here but police procedure in Bali and the kangaroo court process.

Remember the trial, watching it with horror on the tele?

Would you like to go before a court where despite your requests, you were not allowed to have the evidence tested for point of origin or for your DNA caught up in the resin?

Remember the judges handling the bag of marijuana despite the defendants request to have it fingerprinted.

Remember the customs officers refusing to weigh the baggage to compare against the departure weight?

All of these requests were refused. Why?

Presumption of innocence until proven guilty was thrown out the window with the prosecution demanding that the defendant prove where the drugs came from. An impossible situation.

So why is the media circulating trash about the Corby family instead of looking at the facts surrounding the trial of one person.

If it was your daughter Would you have wanted that sort of trial whether guilty or innocent?

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