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Planned executions, should they or shouldn't they?
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Indonesians have made it quite clear that -
"We will not compromise with drug syndicates and
drug dealers." That their law must be upheld.
We've heard this time and time again on the news.
And of course, on the face of it - this seems
fair enough. Or does it?
What's happened to the other nine involved in
the drug smuggling? I believe they were granted
life imprisonment. It seems that these two remaining
men would have also eventually been granted the same penalty
on appeal had the same people remained in power. However, the
current new President is gung-ho on the death penalty -
and apparently - nothing can sway him from it.
It will be interesting to see how much influence the
PM and the Foreign Afairs Minister Julie Bishop can exert.
Personally, I am against capital punishment. I don't
believe it is really about deterrence. It's about
retribution - about society's revenge on a person who commits
heinous crimes.
Whether such retribution is justified is not a matter of
measurable facts, it is a moral judgement for each
individual to make. And Indonesia it seems has made that
judgement.