Posted 10 October 2007 @ 16:12
JAKARTA, 10 October 2007 - The three Bali bombers on death row in Bali are likely to be executed even if a court revokes the law permitting executions, a human rights campaigner says. Islamic militants Imam Samudra, Ali Ghufron and the so-called smiling terrorist Amrozi, are on death row in Indonesia for their parts in the October 2002 nightclub bombings, which killed 202 people including 88 Australians.
The three are to be executed any time soon, after their final appeals were rejected by the Supreme Court. Authorities must first ask if they will seek clemency from the president, before the executions can be carried out. "While they haven't done this, then the execution cannot be done," said Usman Hamid, coordinator of the Indonesian human rights group Kontras. "But the problem is, asking for a pardon means you have admitted that you are guilty and you are sorry. Therefore not many people want to ask for it, because it means they are guilty of the crime."
Hamid told that a decision from the Constitutional Court was expected soon on the legality of the death penalty, however this would likely not have any impact on the impending executions. "There are no implications for the Amrozi case because the judicial process is over; the judicial review has been decided," told Hamid. "However, if there's a willingness to stop an execution, there are some ways to do that."
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