Tempted by a $20,000 pay-off, 18-year-old Lia McCord agreed to smuggle packages of heroin from Bangladesh. In a dramatic downturn of events, she was caught at the airport with seven pounds of heroin strapped to her body and was sentenced to 30 years, narrowly escaping the death penalty. But, as a model prisoner, Lia came to the attention of Congressman Bill Richardson who appealed to the President of Bangladesh for her release.
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