Bali 9 and extradition (1 Viewer)

[La La]

so i think this topic is pretty interesting. now i havent been following it much at all but i was watching abc asia pacific (pretty good aussie news channel) and they did this segment on the bali nine.
there was something scrolling at the bottom saying they had been sentenced to death, however in retrospect i think i may have mis-read what it said (because i couldnt find a headline that said so the next day)
either way, the aussie government are now going to try and negotiate with the indonesian government to extradite them.
the aussies are claiming that their AFP were the ones who uncovered the plan to bring drugs into australia where the crime would have been carried out and therefore committed, on aussie soil.
given the recent van tuong nguyen case, it's a sensitive subject. does australia stepping in undermine the well-known laws and punishments for a country? or should they step in and get them back to Oz?
i'd be inclined to veer towards the latter, mainly because reading about all these executions is becoming increasingly more grim.

 

[La La]

so the verdict is in, seven will spend their lives behind bars, two will go to the firing squad.

 

[nofunchee]

so the verdict is in, seven will spend their lives behind bars, two will go to the firing squad.

so does life over there actually mean life?

 

[La La]

pretty much. they dont operate in the same way as thailand in which you might have the chance to get out after 30 years or something. i've tried looking it up, but i am fairly sure they'll be in those cells til they die. such a grim prospect...

anyway the aussies are fuckin stupid to have a big wobbler over this and deman clemency - when the aussie feds were the ones who delivered them into indonesian hands anyway by tipping them off!
john howard is a wankstain.

 

[La La]

found on wikipedia: Indonesian prisoners serving life sentences who have already served five years and are of good behaviour can apply for a temporary sentence of not less than 15 years [34] (Article Nine of Indonesian Presidential Decree No. 174 of 1999).



-not sure if this applies to 'indonesian' prisoners, or 'prisoners in indonesia' though.