Samantha Orobator is the young British woman convicted in Laos of trying to smuggle 1.5 pounds of heroin out of the country, usually the death penalty is applied in these cases, however in this case because she is pregnant her death sentence has been changed to life imprisonment, Laotian law does not allow pregnant women to be executed.
Yesterday Samantha arrived back in Britain to serve out the remainder of her sentence under the prisoner transfer scheme, this was an agreement recently signed between the two Countries, there was no scheme in place with Laos, it was rushed through especially for this case.
Mark my words It will not be long before this woman is released from jail, some legal loophole will be found to set her free, and it is wrong. The lady in question entered into this with her eyes open she tried to smuggle heroin and got caught, then amazingly got herself pregnant though she was incarcerated in an all woman jail, this said to avoid the death penalty.
We have enough drug dealers over here already, our jails are full of them, why should we take on the expense of another one when Laos is perfectly capable of looking after her in their jails, if the conditions there are to harsh, well she should have thought of that before she embarked on this venture.
I will be keeping an eye on this story, I have a feeling wheels are already in motion to secure her release, titbits leaked to the press are casting doubts on her conviction, if she is released this will put into jeopardy our agreements with other Countries for exchanging prisoners. After all why should they trust us not to release them once they are home, the prisoner transfer scheme is in place so that convicted felons can serve sentences in their Countries of origin thus making it easier in terms of language spoken, conditions and for family to visit. We are risking this for a Drug dealer.
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