schapelle corby website, page-15

No so different, here we know what the penalty is for drunk driving before we even have a drink.
Given what happened to that women here chasing the ambulance, it appears it is here that mitigating circumstances are not considered, but as Tim Lindsay explained, under the Indonesian system the judges will allow all evidence to be submitted and even ask for it themselves, and then decide how relevant it is. Apparently here that prisoner Ford would not even got to testify, yet the judges in Bali allowed it, though it probably did more harm than good.