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Like Carn points out, the issue isn't really whether Indonesia's drug laws are too strict, but whether she is guilty or not. If she is, in fact, guilty, then the court should punish her how it sees fit. Everybody knows that carrying drugs around the world is illegal, and there is no living soul in Australia that isn't aware of Indonesia's tough drug laws. Every person and his dog in Australia has been to Bali and we all know the laws. Genocide and evil tyrannical dictator-ness deserve outside intervention, but a country's drug laws are its own business.
I think it's more important to find out whether she is guilty or not. Going simply but what I've heard in the news I don't think she is guilty, I think she was framed. There's a host of evidence supporting her guilt and her innocence, some of the stuff indicating she was framed is pretty compelling. I just don't think it adds up, it doesn't look like she was deliberately smuggling the pot into the country. I feel incredibly sorry for her and wish there was more Australia could do to find prove her innocence. I don't want Australia to 'get her out of it', I want my government to find more evidence supporting her claim that she was framed. I don't see that as Australia butting into Bali's justice system, I see it protecting its own citizens until found guilty.
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