Samantha Orobator is facing death by firing squad because she allegedly smuggled heroin into Laos.The beautiful 20 yr. old pregnant woman has not had any legal representation since she has been arrested!In Laos,you get executed for possessing over 500 grams of heroin.Here's more from the Telegraph:
"A pregnant British woman, Samantha Orobator, is facing death by firing squad for smuggling heroin in what campaigners describe as a "hasty show trial" in Laos.
Miss Orobator, 20, from London was arrested last August at Wattay airport in the south east Asian country.
Prosecutors claim she had 680 grams (1.3lb or 21 oz) of heroin in her luggage.
According to the legal campaign group Reprieve she has not met a lawyer since she was arrested 9 months ago but it is believed that she denies the drugs were hers.
Under Lao law the death penalty is mandatory for possession of over 500 grams of heroin. At least 39 people have been sentenced to death for a variety of offences since 2003.
On Thursday, without warning or explanation, the government of Laos rescheduled Miss Orobator's trial for next week, but they have still not announced which day the case will begin.
A statement by Reprieve said: "By scheduling her trial for next week, the Laos court has made it impossible for any lawyer to prepare an adequate defence... Samatha's life now hangs in the balance."
The fast tracking of the trial came as the Lao authorities knew that a lawyer from Reprieve was preparing to meet Miss Orobator for the first time.
"Laos appears to be acting in a way that frustrates Samantha's right to appropriate legal assistance," Reprieve concluded.
Miss Orobator became pregnant in unknown circumstances in December, four months after she was arrested. "It is not possible to confirm whether she was raped," Reprieve said.
"The prison where she is being held in Phonthong is meant to be all female, but this is apparently not the case." (END OF EXCERPT)Read the rest here.
