"It's now time for Indonesia to abolish the death penalty

"It's now time for Indonesia to abolish the death penalty. It violates a person's right to life and does not deter crimes," Abdul Hakim Garuda Nusantara, chairman of the National Commission on Human Rights, said.
"You will not be able to solve crimes by using the death penalty because the major roots of crimes are economic and social factors," Nusantara pointed out. Instead of imposing the death penalty, the human rights chief proposed the implementation of life sentences without parole.
"The death penalty should be totally scrapped. We all commit mistakes and repent. So why don't we give offenders a chance to change?" Gustaf Dupe, executive secretary of the Working Group for Service to Prisoners said in an interview. "Whatever the method is, the death penalty should be carried out in the country especially against drug traffickers because too many of our youths have fallen victims to drugs," said Togar Sianipar, former director of the National Narcotics Agency. "What is important is that drug convicts are dead," he stressed.