Topo Santoso from the University of Indonesia and Bambang...

Topo Santoso from the University of Indonesia and Bambang Widjoyanto, former director of the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI), expressed concerns that a death sentence could provoke other people with similar beliefs to emulate Amrozi and his cohorts. Amrozi was sentenced to death by the Denpasar District Court after a panel of judges declared him guilty of helping organize the deadly bombings in Denpasar, Bali. "I think the main goal in sentencing criminals to death is to prevent others from doing the same crime. In the case of terrorism, I don't see that the death sentence will prevent perpetrators because they have been indoctrinated to die for what they believe in," Topo said. Bambang said a death sentence might affect corruptors because most of them wanted to live and spend their ill-gotten wealth, but for terrorists like Amrozi, death was their ultimate goal.