MATARAM, Indonesia --- An Indonesian court sentenced Frenchman Felix Dorfin to death for drug smuggling on Monday, in a shock verdict after prosecutors asked for a 20-year jail term. Dorfin, 35, was arrested in September carrying a suitcase filled with about three kilograms (6.6 pounds) of drugs including ecstasy and amphetamines at the airport in Lombok, a holiday island next to Bali where foreigners are routinely arrested on drugs charges. Indonesia has some of the world's strictest drug laws --- including death by firing squad for some drug traffickers and it has executed foreigners in the past. While prosecutors had not asked for the death penalty, Indonesian courts have...
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