INDONESIA. SUPPORT UP FOR PROPOSAL TO SCRAP DEATH PENALTY

it was reported that a proposal to reduce the death sentence to life imprisonment in cases where a convict had not been executed five years after being sentenced had won support among lawyers and legal experts.
"I personally don't agree with the death sentence because everybody has the right to live and that is a right that cannot be abrogated," lawyer and human rights activist Hendardi said.
Prevailing laws allowed the execution of a criminal on death row to be delayed indefinitely, he said.
"To make people wait for so long before they are executed is to make them suffer double their punishment," Hendardi said, adding that there was no data showing that the death penalty deterred people from committing crime. Nevertheless, he said, the death sentence might be applicable in certain cases, such as for embezzlers.