Monique Coverson is an American citizen and Army veteran who, along with her partner Larissa, is now facing up to 25 years in a foreign prison for possession of a material her lawyer claims is perfectly legal in Kuwait.
Kuwaiti police arrested her and her partner for having an ounce of a suspicious substance. A German lab determined it was synthetic marijuana, known as K2, and is legal in Kuwait.
By the time Coverson and Larissa went to trial, that one ounce of K2 had become a pound of hash. "She told me, 'Mom, they planted this on us. We didn't have anything like that," Jackson said.
Coverson's sister believes that she and her same sex partner were targeted for their sexuality. They are being held captive in a foreign land for a crime they did not commit. Please help!