Pregnant Woman Faces Death by Firing Squad

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Samantha Orobator is a British citizen who was arrested in Laos for possession of over a half-kilogram of heroin. The punishment for this in Laos is traditionally the death penalty; but, as a complication, Orobator was impregnated in jail, presumably not consensually.

This is a lot to take in for Jane Orobator, Samantha's mother, who had no idea that her 20-year-old daughter was engaging in such activities as drug trafficking, or even had been in Laos.

Orobator's case is under continuous discussion, and the British authorities are in constant contact with Laotian authorities over the case.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/04/laos.british.woman.drugs.trial/index.html

~Peter