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Comments on other issues: Court rejects Atlaoui's appeal
Serious matter: Nancy Yuliana (right) and Magdalena Megawati, lawyers for drug convict Serge Areski Atlaoui, talk while attending a hearing at the Administrative Court in Jakarta on June 22
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Serious matter: Nancy Yuliana (right) and Magdalena Megawati, lawyers for drug convict Serge Areski Atlaoui, talk while attending a hearing at the Administrative Court in Jakarta on June 22. The court denied the final appeal of the Frenchman who faces execution for drug offenses.(Antara/Rosa Panggabean) (right) and Magdalena Megawati, lawyers for drug convict Serge Areski Atlaoui, talk while attending a hearing at the Administrative Court in Jakarta on June 22. The court denied the final appeal of the Frenchman who faces execution for drug offenses.(Antara/Rosa Panggabean)
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span class="inline inline-center">Serious matter: Nancy Yuliana (right) and Magdalena Megawati, lawyers for drug convict Serge Areski Atlaoui, talk while attending a hearing at the Administrative Court in Jakarta on June 22. The court denied the final appeal of the Frenchman who faces execution for drug offenses.(Antara/Rosa Panggabean)
June 22, Online/AP
An Indonesian court on Monday denied the final appeal of a French national facing execution for drug offenses. The administrative court in Jakarta said it could not overturn a presidential rejection of clemency for Serge Atlaoui, citing a lack of judicial authority.
Your comments:
Indonesia has the right to punish people for crimes committed in its jurisdiction. It also has the right to determine what that punishment should be. But to kill is too much. It is stepping outside what is right. There is simply no excuse for repeating the mistakes of the very recent past.
Jobab Haile
Indonesia must abolish the death penalty. It solves nothing but creates a lot of ill feeling towards Indonesia. Commute their sentences to life sentences. Any nation still practicing the death penalty must have a good look at itself.
Ness
