Australians have reacted with a mixture of disbelief and condemnation to the conviction and 20 year jail sentence handed to Schapelle Corby for drug smuggling.Protesters have also gathered outside the Indonesian Embassy in Canberra to express support for Corby.In the hours after the verdict was handed down, the overwhelming majority of talkback callers on radio were furious, suggesting there had been a serious miscarriage of justice."The decision is absolutely unfair. She was not given a fair trial," one caller to ABC Radio said.

Pressure continues to mount on Australia's government now that an Indonesian court has sentenced an Australian woman to 20 years in jail for smuggling drugs.Schapelle Corby, 27, was handed the sentence on Thursday in Bali.Throughout her trial, the beautician student has insisted she is innocent. Corby claims her luggage was tampered with after she was arrested last October with 4.1 kg of marijuana.

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(Audio only. Schapelle Corby has been found guilty by a Bali court of importing a narcotic into Indonesia, sentenced to 20 years in jail and fined $13,875.Judge Linton Sirait said Corby had "legally and convincingly carried out a crime".As the verdict was read, Corby lost her composure, slapping her head with her hands, sobbing in disbelief. http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200505/s1378668.htm

(Video on right hand side of link page.)The chief judge in Schapelle Corby's Bali trial has admitted that he has never acquitted anyone in hundreds of drug cases.Corby was arrested last October at Denpasar airport with just over four kilograms of marijuana in her luggage.Judge Linton Sirait says he has been unmoved by her emotion in the court room. http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200505/s1376168.htm

The Gold Coast businessman who is helping to fund the defence of accused drug smuggler Schapelle Corby has backed away from statements suggesting Bali prosecutors had sought bribes.During a radio interview last month, Ron Bakir claimed prosecutors were open to bribes in exchange for a lighter sentence for the Queensland woman.Mr Bakir, who will return to Bali tonight, now says the claims are "baseless" and has apologised to Indonesian authorities.

Foreign Minister Alexander Downer says Indonesia's President cannot give an order to the judges who will pass sentence on alleged drug trafficker Schapelle Corby.Mr Downer says whatever the judgement in the Corby case on Friday, it can be contested by either the defence or the prosecution.Mr Downer says Australia is dealing with a democratic Indonesia and an independent Indonesian judiciary. http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200505/s1374922.htm

In continuing to meet the candidates in Vancouver Kensington, the BC Marijuana Party candidate John Gordon talked with Joseph Planta about his party, why he's running, and the issues he's running on. http://www.thecommentary.ca/ontheline/20050510c.html

A Republican lawmaker has introduced a medical marijuana bill in Albany. Senator Vincent Leibell's bill would let doctors prescribe marijuana to patients with life-threatening, degenerative or permanently disabling conditions. http://www.newswatch50.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=183931AB-E040-4595-9846-974CC3E24FBD