That's a good point which you bring up there Bandwagon about how everybody should respect the laws of different countries, in the UK Lindsey Sandiford would be looking at a probably 8 year sentence for which she'd probably be out in 5. We as a nation are very soft when it comes to law and order in general. However I'd still rather have our system in place than the barbaric regimes which exist outside of Europe.
If she had been given a sentence of 100 years I'd still think it would be rather harsh but it wouldn't bother me in the least. She deserves to be locked up for the crime for which she has committed but the sentence has to be appropriate. Drug smuggling isn't an evil crime, it's a greedy crime, a get rich quick crime, if she'd got away with it then no doubt at all she'd be living the life of luxury right now.
Rather off topic this but I remember having a slip of the tongue incident myself back in 1999 when boarding the bus from our overnight hotel in Tokyo which we'd stayed on a trip back from New Zealand for the connecting flight back to London when the bus was stopped at random from local police officers.
I was one of those who was given a random spot check, I remember my bag being searched aswell as a pat down and then once given the all clear I was rather stupid to be making light of the situation as when I took my seat again I said in a loud voice, thank fuck they never found that stash of cocaine on me. The seat directly in front of me had 2 air hosts from Japan Airlines.
Thankfully they knew I was only joking but it was a close shave as I remember everybody's jaws's dropped to the ground. Thankfully that moment passed without incident because of that comment I could so easily have been subject to a set up. That was the first and last time I ever cracked a joke like that. I'm not even too sure what the penalty would have been in Japan if I had been subject to a plant and I'm glad I never had to find out.
Back to the topic in discussion, incidentally speaking 2 of the Bali 9 are due to be executed very soon despite pleas from the Australian Prime Minister which is more than David Cameron has done but despite all this the Indonesian President is refusing to budge and has stated that he will make no exceptions for anybody. He isn't fucking around and he means business.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-31791605