Indonesian authorities are going to continue to execute the two Australians for drug trafficking, in spite of pleas for lenience made by the government in Canberra and 6 former prime ministers. The two members of "Bali Nine" (the group of 9 Australians who failed in a bid to smuggle 8 kilograms of heroin into Australia in), Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan, were sentenced to death in 2006. Although there were several failed legal appeals and two denials of clemency, their death by firing squad may be near.
Some argue why Indonesia calls for mercy for its citizens abroad on death row, while sentencing foreigners at home.
Should Indonesia stop rejecting the pleas for mercy despite their strong anti drug laws? Why or why not?
they broke the law, they should be punished. they chose to break the law in a very strict part of the world, therefore its it their own fault and their problem to deal with
On one hand I'd like to say that the law is the law; however hypocrisy seems to running rampant in Indonesia. If crime is to be punished and the law to be upheld: crime needs to be punished everywhere and the law upheld everywhere. If Indonesia wants to continue their mercy cries and expectation of those cries being answered, then they need to do the same.
I feel like the accused should be punished, but they shouldn't be punished as harshly as citizens of Indonesia because, they in fact are not citizens of the place in which the crime was committed. The should be returned to Australia and dealt with by the lawmakers of their own country.
I believe that this is justifiable because of the well known anti-drug laws in Indonesia. The Australians performed those acts knowing that what they were doing was illegal.
