Denpasar, Indonesia (News Today) - Two Australian drug smugglers on death row in Indonesia launched a final appeal against their sentences on Friday, seeking to have them reduced to 20-year jail terms.
Lawyers for Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan, members of the so-called “Bali Nine” gang of heroin smugglers, lodged the appeal to the country’s supreme court via the Denpasar district court on Bali, pleading for the right to life which is guaranteed by the constitution.
“We filed a judicial review as we consider this case is against basic rights which are guaranteed in our constitution,” one of their lawyers Todung Mulya Lubis told reporters at the Denpasar district court.
“It’s true that they should be punished, but not the death penalty. We are seeking to have it reduced to a 20-year jail term,” Lubis added.
Sukumaran and Chan were convicted over an attempt in 2005 to smuggle 8.3 kilograms (18 pounds) of heroin into Australia from the Indonesian holiday island of Bali. Five other “Bali Nine” members — Martin Stephens, Matthew Norman, Si Yi Chen, Michael Czugaj and Thanh Nguyen — are serving life sentences. Lubis said that the judges should take into consideration the two convicts’ contribution in teaching fellow inmates at Kerobokan prison in Denpasar.
“They have taught fellow inmates skills such as operating computers and art painting. In this case they are supporting the government’s rehabilitation programme for prisoners,” he added.
Source : kompas
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Australians on Death Row Launch Final Appeal in Indonesia
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