Posted on 02/20/2015 12:14:32 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
"nothing whatsoever"
(Excerpt) Read more at news.asiaone.com ...
Is that a problem?
Abbott said he would not be drawn on legal argument but reiterated Australia’s “absolute opposition to the death penalty” and its determination “to do everything we humanly can, even at the 11th hour, to try to ensure these young Australians do not face death in a foreign jail”.“I have made a further personal representation to President Widodo because we are obviously wanting to leave no stone unturned here,” he said.
“Like millions of Australians, I feel sick in the pit of of my stomach when I think about what is quite possibly happening to these youngsters and, like every parent, I want to try to ensure that nothing terrible happens to people, so we are constantly making representations. We are constantly trying to appeal to Indonesia’s sense of itself as a stable democracy under the rule of law and that’s what our latest representations are all about.”
How many Indonesian Muslims have been executed for murdering Indonesian Christians?
Probably zero.
They knew what the penalty is when they committed the crime.
Chan and Sukumaran were sentenced to death in February 2006, less than a year after being arrested attempting to smuggle from Indonesia to Australia 8.3kg of heroin valued at around $4 million strapped to the bodies of the young Australians who became known as the 'Bali 9'.
are we supposed to feel sorry for drug traffickers now?
No mercy: Derryn Hinch says Bali Nine drug smugglers SHOULD be executed and slams celebrities who star in video calling for them to be spared the firing squad as 'hypocrites'
Mr Kalla said Ms Bishop had explained the comments and "expressed regret in regards to the misunderstanding".He also said Ms Bishop told him Australia wanted to continue its long years of cooperation with Indonesia, which included assisting in the recovery from the 2004 tsunami.
Australia doesn’t have to administer the death penalty. The perps were in another country and surely knew the law in that country. They felt the chance of paying the penalty was worth the profit of their trade. The dice did not fall favorably for them.
Massah 'Bama say we muss a dress their economical n edicashional greevances!
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