Lorraine Cohen and her son Aaron spent much of the 80's locked up in a Malaysia prison facing the death penalty.

In 1984, Lorraine Cohen and her son Aaron were arrested at a Malaysian airport and charged with drug trafficking, a charge that carried a death penalty.

Journalist Tim Donoghue spent much of his career covering the story and eventually wrote about book called The Tiger Who Smiled about the legal battle to save the Cohens.

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