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N. Sumatra prosecutors appeal life sentences for murderers of journalist, family
North Sumatra Prosecutors’ Office spokesman Adre Wanda Ginting said the appeal had been submitted on Tuesday.
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Officials of the National Police Commission (Kompolnas) and Tanah Karo Police personnel look at the scene of a fire that killed a journalist and three family members in Karo regency, North Sumatra, on July 2, 2024. (Antara/Fransisco Carolio)
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rosecutors have filed an appeal against Kabanjahe District Court’s life sentences for two murderers and a 20-year jail term for a third man convicted in the killing of a journalist and his family in Karo regency, North Sumatra.
North Sumatra Prosecutors’ Office spokesman Adre Wanda Ginting said the appeal had been submitted on Tuesday.
Adre added that the prosecutor filed an appeal because the panel of judges handed down sentences lighter than those demanded by prosecutors, who had demanded the death penalty for all three defendants.
“The panel of judges’ verdicts were not in line with the prosecutor’s demand, that’s why the prosecutor filed an appeal,” Adre told The Jakarta Post on Thursday.
Adre said the three men were guilty of the premeditated murder of journalist Rico Sempuran Pasaribu, his wife Eprida Ginting, their son Sudiinvestasi Pasaribu and grandson Lowi Situngkir.
Rico and his family members were killed on June 27, 2024.
The four victims died inside their house after a fire was started by the convicts.
