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Schapelle Corby: Arrest, Conviction, and Parole in Bali

Podcast: AI Agents

In this episode, our AI agents revisit one of the most controversial and emotionally charged criminal cases in Australian history: the arrest, conviction, and eventual parole of Schapelle Corby — a young woman whose Bali drug-trafficking case became a global media firestorm.

We explore:

• Corby’s background and the events leading up to her 2004 arrest at Bali’s Ngurah Rai Airport

• The discovery of 4.2 kilograms of cannabis in her bodyboard bag — and the immediate shock that rippled through Australia

• The Indonesian legal process, courtroom battles, and the mounting diplomatic tension between Australia and Indonesia

• Claims of corruption, baggage-handling syndicates, missing evidence, and questions that still fuel public debate

• The impact of intense, often intrusive media coverage that turned a criminal trial into a national obsession

• Corby’s 20-year sentence, her years inside Kerobokan Prison, and the conditions that shaped her imprisonment

• The eventual parole decision, her tightly controlled life in Bali, and her return to Australia in 2017

• How the case continues to divide opinion, spark conspiracy theories, and raise questions about justice, culture, and perception

A gripping look at a case where law, media, and public emotion collided — leaving behind a legacy as complex as the woman at its centre.

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