Tourist Receives 20-Year Jail Sentence for Marijuana Smuggling (2:23)
[New Words]
♧ sentenced A to B : A에게 B의 형을 선고하다
♧ smuggle : v. 밀수입/밀수출하다
♧ marijuana : n. 대마초
♧ conviction : n. 유죄판결, 신념
♧ uproar : n. 소란, 소동
♧ stun : v. 머리를 때려 기절시키다, 놀람/기쁨으로 어리벙벙하게 하다
♧ sneak - snuck(sneaked) - snuck(sneaked) : v. 슬쩍 집어넣다, 몰리 움직이다
♧ testify : v. 증언하다
♧ be reluctant to R : ~하는 것을 꺼리다, 마지못해 ~하다
♧ batter : v. 난타하다, 연타하다
♧ accusation : n. 고발, 고소, 비난
♧ harsh : a. 거친, 귀에 거슬리는, 가혹한
♧ mastermind (of/behind) : n. 위대한 지능의 소유자, 주모자
♧ rehabilitate : v. 사회복귀시키다, 회복시키다
♧ at the very most : 기껏해야, 겨우
Now to a drug case that is getting global attention. An Australian woman was sentenced to 20 years in prison for smuggling marijuana onto the Indonesian island of Bali. Indonesia has some of the strictest drug laws in the world. Some say too strict. As ABC's Bob Woodruff reports this conviction has caused an uproar.
Twenty-seven-year-old Schapelle Corby stood stunned today as the sentence was read. Almost immediately, there was chaos. Corby tried to calm her mother, but could not.
Last October, the young Australian was traveling to the beaches of Bali when customs agents found 9 pounds of marijuana in her surfboard bag. She claims smugglers snuck the drugs into her bag, but Indonesian customs agents testified she looked nervous and was reluctant to open it up for search.
"My heart and my family has been painfully battered by all these accusations and rumors about me. And I don't know how long I can survive in here."
Human rights advocates argue Indonesia's drug laws are unusually harsh and they point out that the mastermind of the Bali nightclub bombing, which killed more than 200 people, was given only two and a half years. Corby could have gotten the death penalty today, but the judges in her case said that because she is young enough to rehabilitate and was polite during the trial, they sentenced her to 20 years. Australia's Prime Minister said there is nothing he can do.
"Whenever Australians travel overseas, it must be understood that they are subject to the justice systems of the countries they visit."
"Schapelle will be coming home soon. -_-;;
Corby's family is promising to fight today's decision, but in Indonesia, prosecutors can appeal too. Today, they said they will, try to get a harsher sentence, possibly even the death penalty.
In many ways, Schapelle Corby got off relatively lightly under Indonesian law considering the pattern lately. There are currently 54 people on death row in Indonesia. Thirty one of them are convicted for drug charges and twenty of them, Elizabeth, are foreigners.
And interesting to note in this country, a similar offense will get only maybe about two years in prison at the very most.
Yeah, it varies state to state.
All right, Bob. Thanks so much.