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Veloso'€™s second PK rejected

The Sleman District Court (PN) on Monday rejected a second appeal for a case review (PK) submitted by Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso, a death row inmate from the Philippines

Bambang Muryanto (The Jakarta Post)
Yogyakarta
Mon, April 27, 2015

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Veloso'€™s second PK rejected

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he Sleman District Court (PN) on Monday rejected a second appeal for a case review (PK) submitted by Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso, a death row inmate from the Philippines.

'€œPN Sleman has declared that Mary Jane'€™s second PK request is rejected,'€ the court'€™s spokesperson, Marliyus, told journalists on Monday.

Agus Salim, a member of Veloso'€™s legal team, submitted the second PK request with the PN Sleman on Monday morning. After a string of discussions, PN Sleman head Rochmad decided that Veloso'€™s second PK request could not be accepted.

'€œThis is based on Supreme Court (MA) Circular No.7/2014 on the PK submission procedure for criminal cases, which stipulates that a PK request can be submitted only once,'€ said Marliyus.

Agus confirmed that the PN Sleman had rejected Veloso'€™s second PK request. With the rejection, Veloso will likely face a firing squad early on Tuesday.

Agus said that in the second PK request, Veloso, via her lawyer, presented a new finding, or novum, obtained from an investigation conducted by a national drug agency in the Philippines.

'€œResults of the investigation reveal that Mary Jane is not a courier in the international drug trade. This finding has been confirmed by the National Narcotics Agency (BNN),'€ said Agus.

He asserted that Veloso was not aware at all that a suitcase she brought from Malaysia to Yogyakarta contained 2.6 kilograms of heroin.

'€œIt seems that the judicial panel did not want to include the novum in their considerations,'€ said Agus.

He said during Veloso'€™s trial the identities of the heroin'€™s supplier and seller and its cost had never been revealed.

'€œThe death sentence for Mary Jane is too much. Initially, prosecutors sought only a life sentence for her, but the judicial panel decided to sentence her with the death penalty,'€ said Agus. (ebf)(++++)

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