JOURNEY TO FREEDOM AND FRESH START
APRIL, 2005:
Lawrence and eight others are arrested at Bali airport and a local hotel over a plot to smuggle 8.3kg of heroin into Australia
Lawrence has more than 2kg of heroin strapped to her body
SEPTEMBER, 2005:
Indonesian prosecutors say all nine Australians will be charged with offences that carry the death penalty
FEBRUARY, 2006:
Lawrence gets life in jail but prosecutors had argued for 20 years because she co-operated with police
At her trial she claimed ringleader Andrew Chan threatened to kill her and her family unless she carried the drugs
Chan and fellow ringleader Myuran Sukumaran are sentenced to death; the rest end up with life in jail
APRIL, 2006:
Lawrence and four others appeal their life sentences; they win and get 20 years instead – Lawrence decides to not lodge further appeals
SEPTEMBER 2010:
Others try their luck but some lose spectacularly, with some jail terms upgraded to the death penalty Ultimately, only the two ringleaders are executed
After having years shaved off her sentence through remissions for good behaviour, Lawrence is released on November 21
Accompanied by her mother and stepbrother, Lawrence flies into Brisbane airport the next morning and takes a connecting flight to her hometown of Newcastle in NSW
Lawrence and her family dodge large media packs at both airports, with her mother pleading for them to be left alone
She could be the only member of the Bali Nine to ever taste freedom again, with the rest to die in jail unless their cases are reviewed