Indonesia will delay the execution of six convicts...
Indonesia will delay the execution of six convicts including an Indian on death row after five of them appealed to the Supreme Court for a second review, prosecutors said
Indonesia will delay the execution of six convicts including an Indian on death row after five of them appealed to the Supreme Court for a second review, prosecutors said.
"If we execute them now we can't bring them to life again should their appeals for a review be granted," said Antasari Azhar, spokesman for the attorney general's office.
President Megawati Sukarnoputri had refused clemency for the six and asked for a speedy execution.
Five of them were Indonesians convicted of murders while the other was an Indian drug offender, Ayodhya Prasad Chaubey.
"We are talking about someone's life or death so we have to be very careful," Azhar said.
A convict can file a case review or appeal for presidential clemency only after the Supreme Court upholds a sentence imposed by a lower court.
"If we execute them now we can't bring them to life again should their appeals for a review be granted," said Antasari Azhar, spokesman for the attorney general's office.
President Megawati Sukarnoputri had refused clemency for the six and asked for a speedy execution.
Five of them were Indonesians convicted of murders while the other was an Indian drug offender, Ayodhya Prasad Chaubey.
"We are talking about someone's life or death so we have to be very careful," Azhar said.
A convict can file a case review or appeal for presidential clemency only after the Supreme Court upholds a sentence imposed by a lower court.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Agence France-Presse, 27/03/2003)
