Russell Crowe Convinced Drug Smuggler Will Go Home  5/30/05

Russell Crowe is convinced his efforts to fight for convicted drug smuggler Schappelle Corby's transfer back to Australia from Bali, Indonesia won't be wasted. 

Corby broke down and sobbed in court late last week (ends27MAY05) when she was sentenced to a 20-year prison sentence for smuggling marijuana into Indonesia last year (04). Her mother and older sister attended the court hearing in Bali and hit the headlines when they screamed the verdict was "unjust" as Corby was led away by police. 

Crowe has been publicly calling for the Australian government to intervene for much of this year (05), and now admits he's happy that the authorities are doing what they can to get beautician Corby, who at one point was facing death by a firing squad, back home. He says, "By our law, she wouldn't be facing the type of sentence that she's facing. "I think there's been a lot of effort made on her behalf by a lot of people, so hopefully it comes out the right way."