ABSTRACT
O N May 19, 2012, Lindsay Sandiford, a 56-year-old British grandmother, was arrested at the airport on the Indonesian island of Bali as she attempted to smuggle 4.8 kilograms of cocaine hidden in the lining of her suitcase. Sandiford claimed she was coerced by a gang who threatened to harm her family if she did not smuggle the drugs from Bangkok to Bali. In the international world of drug trafficking, this would be considered an unexceptional and tedious case (except, perhaps, for the woman’s age) that would not be of international concern. However, this case is different because an Indonesian court sentenced Lindsay Sandiford to death.1
