This deserves to be discussed It's the moderatedly toned companion piece to

Bali Nine can thank the civil libertarians .

GrahamY - I don't think the new format of the forum works!

Amazing I can't believe the Author is a lawyer let alone taught would be lawyer's. "We are not expected to wear the full brunt of all the risks that we knowingly take" yes we do. Are you suggesting we say that about the Bali bombers, "their imam said it was the right thing to do" so we should hold them to account!
More importantly these people broke the laws of another country and that country should be free to do what it's laws dictate. We don't do what they author is suggesting for Oz breaking US laws so is this a underlying racism coming out?

.. and no, I do not resile form my point about this guy just because he is representing the mules ( see post re McConville )

Tuff Luck Bali 9, they went to a country knowing the law, they broke the law , Knowing the consiquence of their actions. That is the chance they took & shouldent expect Australian Politions or anyone else to get them out of it!Sorry to take the hard line but think of the people who develope phycosis and kill them self's &/or others because of drug abuse. I reckon, Kill all 9 of them, the needs of many out weigh the needs of a few. Tuff luck Bali 9.

The AFP works for us and deserve our appreciation for a job well done. We can only hope that the Australians who sent the nine to their fate have been identified and marked. These creeps operate without risk from their comfortable lifestyles and are able to prey on our youth. The nine are a lost cause, forget them and go for the hidden “business people and investors” who organise and profit from this ugly trade.

Please do not blame the AFP for nine Australians wanting to make a quid out of the despare of others.
What tripe.
You do the crime ,you do the time.
There is no excuse for drug smugglers.It is not a spur of the moment,or a crime of passion.
It was a sinister cold calculated crime, that has the end of finishing the lives of many fine Australian's.
Suicides,due to drug use are the end consequence of this crime.
It would be fairer for the Indonesian Government to execute all nine
but a lesser number may seem unjust,yet life has always been unjust.
"Mass Execution" is an insult to all races that have experienced such a crime.
Perhaps sensationalism is in vogue in the Auistralian media.