Renae Lawrence sentenced to life in Bali

Bali Nine drug trafficker Renae Lawrence was today found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment. Prosecutors recommended at 20 year jail term, but the 3 judges at Denpasar District Court took no notice.

Renae had co operated with investigators and had told her side of the story of how she became involved. The only fly in the ointment was the fact that she had been to Bali twice before with Andrew Chan, negating any chance that she didn’t know what was going on.

I did not attend the verdict and think her lawyers will appeal, after the other verdicts have been handed out. Its a sobering thought that a 28 year old will spend the rest of her life in a cage. One would hope that there would be an alternative solution (and I don’t mean death). My attitude is live and let live. Deal out some punishment then work on rehabilitation.