Michelle Leslie's to face 15 years jail... or just 3 months

All over the news last night was splashed the fact that Michelle Leslie could potentially get 15 years jail for one of the two charges she may face in relation to her recent drug bust.

What I've just read, however, seems to indicate she may, instead, be out in 3 months.

Sydney's Daily Telegraph newspaper reports that:

For those who are users of the drug, the maximum is only three months jail.

Michelle's blood test results came back positive, indicating she had already consumed at least one tablet of ecstasy, so this seems to be the obvious line her defence team should follow -- that she is an ecstasy user.

Clearly her original lawyers (who were abrubtly sacked soon after she was arrested) had this in mind when they announced she was addicted to the drug. (Which she has since denied.) Maybe, indeed, this is the line she should take. Who cares what sort of record that leaves about her in Bali? No one is going to hold that against her back here. We see far worse than a casual ecstasy user on a daily basis right across the world. Some even make it to cult hero status. (To whit: Jason Donovan, Michael Hutchence, Ozzie Osbourne...)

Whatever she does decide to do, the absolutely insane Indonesian legal system still blows my mind. Surely, then, this "users get 3 months, tops" rule makes getting out of jail a no-brainer for any drug dealer: just ensure they pop a pill or two themselves each time they start their daily sales push to avoid any lengthy convictions.

It's ridiculous and completely laughable.

I had a comment recently from someone annoyed with my critical remarks about Michelle Leslie, and to a point, I can understand this person's grievance. Pre-judging anyone is a pretty harsh thing to do, and I kinda did do that. (Kinda being the operative word. Oh, it's not a word? Awww... but yous know wot oi mean, doncha.)

Unfortunately, however, for Michelle -- and anyone else who tries to proclaim her innocence -- the blood tests prove that she had, indeed, already had some of the drug when she was caught. So, dear commenter, I say yet again: Michelle Leslie is an idiot. To do that in Bali, after everything Schapelle has been going through, is foolish -- at the very least.

That said, to be up for a possible 15 years for such a small sin (given the prevalence of drugs in our society, and the prevalence of more serious drug-related crime and the like in my very suburb, dear old St Kilda)... well, yeah. I wouldn't wish that on anyone.

Not even an idiot.