donhoop, so far not much input other than from you, most are probably still in bed. $1K per day is pretty normal for engineers on short term assignments anywhere overseas if they are involved in the construction or extraction industries. Anybody going to Iraq for that sort of money would have to have other reasons other than just the money. Expert opinion that I have seen from Australian legal experts familiar with the Indonesian justice system believe that not only is their system adequate but in some ways better than our own, which incidently is the more minor one of the 2 basic types there are in the world, ours that is. In addition they feel that the judges presiding over Corby's case have been professional on both this case, and previous bigger cases and acting in accordance with the law, and have extended extra liberties to the Corby defence, more so than what a judge would do so here. Whilst I had a basic understanding of the Indonesian justice system this case has caused me to delve deeper into it, and given the number of cases we have here in Australia where frequently we hear victims of crime claiming that they have been denied justice, I am left wondering if we should not change our system to the one that is more in line with the rest of the world.
