Push to commute death sentences on Australians
Mark Forbes; 28/6/08
Two Nigerian drug traffickers were handcuffed to poles in Indonesia early on Friday morning and shot by firing squads, after announcements that drug executions would be expedited, alarming lawyers for three Australians on death row. Colin McDonald, lawyer for Bali heroin courier Scott Rush, said he would travel to Jakarta next week to formulate new moves to overturn his client’s death sentence. The executions of Hansen Anthony Nwaolisa and Samuel Iwuchukwu Okoye near their prison in Central Java were a grim reminder of the urgency of the convicted Australians’ plight, Mr McDonald said. They are the first drug offenders to be executed in Indonesia in four years, following a call by Attorney-General Hendarman Supandji and police chief Sutanto to accelerate executions as a warning to those involved in the drug trade.
See: http://www.theage.com.au/world/push-to-commute-death-sentences-on-australians-20080627-2y3q.html
Tags: Capital Punishment, Drugs, Indonesia