| A good Indonesian courtroom offers upheld the actual demise phrase associated with Lindsay lohan Sandiford, an english grandma discovered doing trafficking cocaine. The 56-year-old Sandiford was sentenced to the capital punishment by a court in Bali in January for taking almost 5kg (10.6lb) of cocaine on to the island. The Bali High Court, sitting in the island's capital Denpasar, said the original sentence was "accurate and correct" and confirmed it. She now has 14 days to appeal to the Supreme Court. If the court rejects her initial appeal, she can seek a judicial review of the decision from the same court. After that, only the president can grant her a reprieve. The sentence would see her shot by a firing squad. Sandiford, from Cheltenham. Gloucestershire, was arrested in May 2012 at Bali airport when customs officers found the drugs, worth £1.6m, in her luggage. She said she had been forced to smuggle the drugs into Bali from Thailand by a criminal gang and that the safety of her children was at risk She has cooperated with the police and local authorities, which has led to other arrests. January's death sentence came as a shock because prosecutors had recommended a 15-year imprisonment. Sandiford's lawyer has said the punishment is out of proportion, given she has admitted her crime, expressed regret and helped police in the investigation. But the court ruled that she had damaged Indonesia's hard-line stance on drugs as well as Bali's reputation as a tourism destination. Indonesia enforces rigid fines with regard to medication trafficking, however demise charges phrases are generally commuted in order to lengthy prison phrases. |
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