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Originally Posted by Ammi

..in a way it's relevant Nedusa..one of the arguments is that she 'deserves' the death penalty because of the lives that would have been devastated/possibly lost if she had succeeded in smuggling them through...a member is proving the more positives and effectiveness of decriminalisation and linking the successes where other ways have been tried...

....it may be a bit of a sidetrack but to me it is all relevant to the extreme of this punishment and why it's a completely futile punishment..as well as being inhumane....

I totally agree, also it is always likely that a sentence and an incident like this will open up the debate to not just the lady in question but as to drugs and drug laws in Countries,including the UK, overall.
Many Countries have severe sentencing for drug crimes, some Countries are moving to a different approach to drugs and even the debate is going on here in the UK, despite Govt protestations,by MPs who have looked at the issue and other groups making noises for the de-criminalisation and relaxation of laws of some drugs at least.

As you say very relevant to the original point as should more Countries decide to go down that route eventually then the sentencing in other Countries may well get relaxed too which would have affected the lady in question.

I still believe the Lady will get her sentence revoked to a prison term, I also hope that is the case, it would really shock me if that doesn't come about.