In a seminar on Indonesian Transition to Democracy,...

In a seminar on Indonesian Transition to Democracy, legal expert Nursyahbani Katjasungkana said that capital punishment must be abolished from the Indonesian legal system.
"The sentencing of drug smugglers to death in Indonesia hardly stops drug traffickers from sending drug couriers into and out of Indonesia," she said, adding that under Indonesia's corrupt legal system, the execution of a death sentence is a crucial matter.
"How is it fair to take away a person's life via a corrupt legal system ... how can anyone justify taking a person's life?" she asked.
"Bombers too get the death penalty. Does the sentencing of a bomber make for a better society? Life imprisonment is fine, but not capital punishment."