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Originally Posted by AdultKing
I don't wish death on anyone, I oppose the death penalty. What I am trying to say is that these guys knew the risks, did it more than once and are now paying the price.
Who's crying for the young Australian's who overdose on heroin every week, the very substance these guys were trying to smuggle to Australia for the third time!
Everyone knows that dealing in drugs in south east Asia is subject to really harsh punishment. I still have embedded in my mind the fate of people like Chambers & Barlow who were hanged for a similar offence.
If you've been to Indonesia you will have seen the huge posters all over the airports warning of the penalties, these guys were stupid. Do they deserve to die for it ? No they don't but we can't dictate to foreign Governments how they deal with criminals in their own country.
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How about this, they knew the risks and paid the penalty ***
*** Can be applied to every single application you wish, if you choose to lack empathy for anyone at all.
We are not trying to dictate, Australians and the Govt have been asking for mercy to be shown, to look at what these guys have done to turn their lives around.
Indonesia does exactly same thing for their people who are on death row around the world (for drug cases too....).
There was a drug manufacturer who got off very lightly recently over there because he PAID the bribes.
The President decided he would *solve* the drug problem and has blindly denied all pleas for clemency, he has not even sighted a thing about any of these men.
I have very little hope for these two, I know what it is like to deal with these types of cultures and there is absolutely no changing of the minds here, very sad and I hope Australia does boycott bali for a long long time when these men are executed.