The Wire

Between one hundred and one hundred and fifty Australians are languishing in jails around the world… and there’s an increasing trend in the number of Australians being caught for drug trafficking and facing death penalties. But – unlike Schapelle Corby and the Bali nine – most Australians facing drug trafficking charges are tried and sentenced without registering much attention in the media. Like Mai Cong Tran, an Australian sentenced last week to death by firing squad in a one day trial in Vietnam. The Government currently seeks clemency for people who have received death sentences, but what more could they do? Kevin O’Rourke, spokesperson for the New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties spoke to Christine Baker .