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| Bali bombers plea - 'Bullets might hurt them' |
| 2008-07-29 |
| # Lawyers for bombers say executions amount to torture # Plan to launch fresh legal challenge next week Bali bombing victim's dad: 'I'm not surprised' LAWYERS for three Islamic militants on death row over the 2002 Bali bombings today flagged a new legal challenge to their impending executions. Defence lawyer Mahendradatta foreshadowed a Constitutional Court challenge next week, arguing the convicted terrorists could suffer unnecessary pain if they do not die immediately when the lethal punishment is carried out. It is seen as another attempt to delay the executions of Amrozi, his brother Mukhlas and Imam Samudra, who could be executed at any time over the 2002 Bali bombings, which killed 202 people including 88 Australians. The three will face an Indonesian firing squad, and would be shot a second time if the first bullet does not kill them instantly, Mahendradatta said. "We are not closing our eyes to the possibility of Amrozi being executed,'' he told reporters. ''(But) there's time when the convicted will feel pain until he is shot a second time. "Amrozi was sentenced to death, not to be tortured. "On Tuesday or Wednesday at least we will submit a material challenge to the Constitutional Court about this law.'' The comments could spark anger among families of the 202 people killed in the Bali bombings organised by the three terrorists, who have never expressed remorse for their non-Muslim victims. "We will seek the execution without pain - we have to encourage the government and legislators to find a way to execute without pain,'' he added. A spokesman for the Attorney-General's Office would not say whether it would delay proceedings. "The law has been applied and ... the executions will still be based on that law,'' he said. Lawyers for the three have previously launched legal challenges when their executions have drawn near, resulting in delays. Security is tight around their island prison home as authorities continue with their preparations for the execution. Bambang Winahyo, the head of Central Java's Justice Office, said authorities were expecting about 15 supporters of the Islamic hardliners to try to reach Nusakambangan Island, off Central Java. "We are coordinating with police to guard the Wijayapura port,'' he said. "Only those who have a relationship with Amrozi, like their families and lawyers, will be allowed in. "The others cannot - journalists also are not allowed to see them.'' He said no extra security was needed "because the prison itself is already in the middle of the sea''. Bali prosecutors had visited Batu prison to again ask whether the three would seek clemency from the president but were told by the head of the facility that "the three of them have rejected clemency'', he added. |
| Posted by:Oztralian |
| #21 Turn them into pigfeed. Recycling can save the planet. |
| Posted by: Muggsy Thromble 2008-07-29 23:10 |
| #20 Personally I'd execute them by filling their lungs with coagulating pigs blood. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2008-07-29 21:49 |
| #19 Douse them with gasoline and use a flash-bang to ignite it. That will provide the same experience of jihad many of the victims felt. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2008-07-29 16:24 |
| #18 Better yet, strap about 100kg of plastic explosives on them and detonate them in the center of a soccer stadium. Shouldn't hurt anymore than it hurt their victims. |
| Posted by: RWV 2008-07-29 14:29 |
| #17 Give them a typical jihadi punishment and decapitate the scum. |
| Posted by: RWV 2008-07-29 14:27 |
| #16 My vote is to stake them out and set off a bomb near them. Some will die instantly; some will be badly injured and die slowly. Sorta like their victims. |
| Posted by: Rambler in California 2008-07-29 14:11 |
| #15 My vote is to stake them out and set off a bomb near them. Some will die instantly; some will be badly injured and die slowly. Sorta like their victims. |
| Posted by: Rambler in California 2008-07-29 14:10 |
| #14 Surely they wouldn't still be alive after having been chopped up into little pieces, Querent? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-07-29 13:03 |
| #13 Cue Hannover Fist: hangin's too good for 'em burnin's too good for 'em they oughta be chopped up into little pieces AND BURIED ALIVE... |
| Posted by: Querent 2008-07-29 13:01 |
| #12 "accidentally" shoot them in the kneecaps, let them bleed to death. |
| Posted by: Skunky Omurong8867 2008-07-29 11:34 |
| #11 Staked in a tidal pool at low tide? Crabs gotta eat too. |
| Posted by: mojo 2008-07-29 11:29 |
| #10 Use an M18. |
| Posted by: Mad Eye Hupoger8735 2008-07-29 11:22 |
| #9 Victims in Bali did not get to choose how they wanted to die...did they not have pain? Why do the muderous cowards get to choose? |
| Posted by: Pheamble the Galactic Hero6096 2008-07-29 10:52 |
| #8 They want decapitation? Fine. Start at the ankles and work your way up. Oh, make sure you lube them up well with Bacon drippings so the rusty saw slides a little easier. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2008-07-29 10:37 |
| #7 Jakarta (AsiaNews) - According to Islamic law, it is better "to die by decapitation than by gunshot", and no "repentance or regret" must be shown over violence committed "in the name of holy war". This is the "spiritual testament" of Imam Samudra, one of the three people responsible for the massacre in Bali in 2002, in which more than 200 people died. The three are awaiting judgment from the Indonesian authorities. "Until I die, I will show no repentance for my actions", the terrorist is believed to have said to his brother Lulu Jamaluddin during a recent conversation at the maximum-security prison on the island of Nusakambangan, in central Java. He also added that a holy war, conducted through "the use of bombs" and suicide bombing attacks, is "blessed by God", for which reason he will never make "appeals to clemency" to avoid the death penalty. According to a defense attorney, the men have asked for judgment to be carried out according to "the dictates of sharia", which provides for death by decapitation: another sign of their effort to "promote the values of Islamic law until the end, even at the point of death: dying by decapitation is a blessing". The lawyer also added that the island of Bali was chosen for the attack because it was under siege by hundreds of "infidels", meaning American citizens and their closest allies, including the English and Australians, who crowd the island's beaches and nightclubs every year. From Jakarta, another lawyer for the three men has asked for the sentence to be overturned, because "the country's supreme court did not follow the correct procedures to apply the death penalty". This position was immediately rejected by Andul Hakim Ritonga, the deputy attorney general for the district, according to whom "everything was done according to the law" and only "the last bureaucratic formalities" remain to be arranged. He emphasizes that the site for the execution has already been chosen - the regency of Cilacap, in central Java - and that "we have submitted an official demand to Central Java Police and Bali Police HQ to make decisive actions to prepare their best shooters to do the job”. The execution by firing squad should take place by the end of next month, before the beginning of the sacred month of Ramadan. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-07-29 10:09 |
| #6 I like the idea of them being hung, while wrapped in pig skins. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-07-29 10:08 |
| #5 Well hell just do what the Brits supposedly did in India. Tie them over the muzzle of a cannon and pull the string. I guarantee they won't need a second shot. You could even wrap them in pig skin to keep them warm. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2008-07-29 09:16 |
| #4 Death by treatment resistant AIDS. Without antivirals. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-07-29 09:10 |
| #3 Who , JFM , the defence lawyers or the convicted terrorists ? :) |
| Posted by: Mad Eye 2008-07-29 08:47 |
| #2 Am I the only one who thinks that they should deserve a more sialmic death. Like, impaling. |
| Posted by: JFM 2008-07-29 08:39 |
| #1 For guys who "welcome martyrdom", they sure are taking their time getting on the bus. Typical jihadi pussies... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-07-29 08:26 |