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originally posted by: hutch622
a reply to: hellobruce
"put down"
Really .
originally posted by: Kryties
Funny how you seem to think that people, particularly young people, can't make mistakes
originally posted by: Kryties
a reply to: hellobruce
So you never EVER made a mistake in your life?
originally posted by: hellobruce
Flying twice to a country to smuggle drugs back to Australia is NOT a "mistake"
originally posted by: weirdguy
On the 1st day of June 1992 my sister died from a heroin overdose, she was 24. I have personally seen how it destroys a person, their family and loved ones. I have lived it, I have fought it and it still affects me to this day many years later. I hope they #ing rot in hell, I would spit on their graves.
Australia wont boycott anything, it's just posturing from people trying to score points.
originally posted by: Qumulys
Next alternative is life in prison, where we pay millions keeping these guys alive who are responsible for countless deaths. That's madness isnt it? Honestly I feel horrible for being on this side of the fence, but this is for the wider good otherwise I would not be taking this position.
well i suppose a quick end is better than the United States legal system where if you are caught with a bit of plant for the third time , you get life in prison .
Bali nine death sentence judges 'asked for bribes' for a lighter sentence: new claim
The six judges who handed down the death penalty to the Bali nine pair on death row offered to give them a lighter sentence in exchange for money, the men's Indonesian legal team allege.
The sensational allegation is contained in a letter sent by the legal team of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran to Indonesia's judicial committee, claiming there had been a breach of ethics.
The letter says the judges received pressure from "certain parties" to hand out the death penalty.
The lawyers, led by human rights advocate Todung Mulya Lubis, also told the judicial committee that all six judges who brought down the death sentence had breached ethics. The letter says the judges received pressure from "certain parties" to hand out the death penalty.
The new claim follows the shock intervention of the Bali nine's former legal counsel, Muhammad Rifan, last weekend, who said there had been an "intervention" that could discredit him but provided no details.
In an extraordinary statement after visiting the men inside Kerobokan prison, Mr Rifan said he was prepared to "take the heat" and provide the "never revealed evidence" to Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran's current lawyer, Todung Mulya Lubis.
"It's something that implicates us, it could discredit me. But for them I will take it. I told Myuran it's okay," Mr Rifan said cryptically. "It's one last thing I can do for them."
Following his dramatic, if imprecise, comments, Mr Rifan left Indonesia to travel to Mecca for a religious pilgrimage.
The lawyers, meanwhile, have also written to Indonesia's Attorney-General, H.M Prasetyo, requesting a stay of execution for Chan and Sukumaran, who are due to be executed this month.
They say their clients have an outstanding legal challenge in the administrative court and there is still a chance for their clients to have their sentence commuted.
The letter to the judicial committee is the third appeal this year by the pair's lawyers.
A bid for a second judicial review foundered after it was found it contained no new evidence.
A case lodged with the Administration Court is pending, although Mr Prasetyo has already requested that it be dismissed.
Mr Prasetyo's conduct has raised questions about the independence of Indonesia's judiciary.
Chan and Sukumaran have been facing imminent execution for several weeks. On Monday, Australian embassy officials will attend a meeting in Jakarta with the Indonesian government to discuss the arrangements for the killing by firing squad.
The letter says the judges received pressure from "certain parties" to hand out the death penalty.
"There are 64 [people] sentenced to death by the courts and as I've said about clemency request for drugs cases, I will never give clemency,"
originally posted by: Agit8dChop
The letter says the judges received pressure from "certain parties" to hand out the death penalty.
yes, from the government!
These boys are going to be shot. They broke the law of the land, they knew the consequences of their actions and continued anyway. Their own stupidity killed them, not the Presidents hard actions again drugs.