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Treatment of Schapelle Corby

18 Feb 2014

Q. Do you think the treatment of Schapelle Corby and the time she served in prison for drug trafficking was too harsh, too lenient or about right?

 

Total

 

Men

Women

Aged 18-34

Aged 35-54

Aged 55+

Too harsh

25%

22%

28%

21%

25%

30%

Too lenient

21%

25%

17%

23%

22%

19%

About right

37%

40%

35%

35%

37%

41%

Don’t know

16%

13%

19%

21%

17%

10%

37% think that the treatment and prison time served by Shapelle Corby was about right, 25% think it was too harsh and 21% too lenient.

Women (28%) and those aged 55+ (30%) were a little more likely to think it was too harsh.

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