Goblin, I am inclined to agree with you. It does seem to be a bit strange this whole affair.
This is a post I made recently with some thoughts that you might find interesting.
yak, At this stage, it is more a matter of waiting the Indonesian courts decision, and the the appeal process.
In any case, it seems likely that she will be able to serve all or part of her sentence here in Australia.
I have not followed this case closely, but from the articles I have read, it seems that corby's current state of affairs seems to be as much due to her defence lawyers not doing very much to raise reasonable doubt as anything else.
Their main strategy seems to have been to attempt to stir up Australian public opinion to attempt to force the hand of the Indonesian judges.
This of course, would be inline with maximising any potential profit from a book deal that her "savior" Bakir is attempting to negotiate.
You have to wonder who colby's lawyer is really representing and who has been setting the strategy, and if the strategy has really been to get colby off free and clear of the charges.
It seems to me that the legal strategy has been set in order to: - maximise the sense of outrage in the Australian community and make it a good story, - leave the judges no alternative but to find her guilty, - have her serve a publicity-getting sentence and generate a continual stream of revenues in Australia from the outrage business, book deals, mini-series etc
It seems like a good business plan for this Bakir guy, and as long as corby can serve most if not all of her sentence in Australia, probably worth it to her for half the payoff.
Of course this might not be the case at all. It is just my speculation.
