Samantha Orobator of the UK was given a life sentence for drug trafficking rather than the usual death penalty, and it appears she may be able to serve her sentence in the UK, reports the Telegraph, UK. She was charged with carrying 680 grams of heroin when she tried to board a flight from Laos to Thailand in August 2008. While Laos sentences people to death for drugs there have reportedly been no executions since 1989. Orobator became pregnant while in prison, but little information about her situation has been made public.
Posted by Ellen Wallace on 3 June 2009 at 15:49 |
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News story, GenevaLunch, 3 June 2009.
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Tags: Britain, death penalty, drugs, Laos, pregnant, Samantha Orobator, trafficking
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