ro4eva
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How do you feel about that? Honestly...
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British woman, 56, gets death for smuggling cocaine into Bali
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How do you feel about that? Honestly...
PurpleKush1
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haha no prob i will respond shortly
poledriver
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British grandma Lindsay Sandiford loses Bali death appeal
A BRITISH grandmother sentenced to death for trafficking drugs worth $US2.4 million ($2.70 million) into Bali is a step closer to the firing squad after Indonesia's top court rejected her appeal.
Lindsay Sandiford now only has two more chances to avoid execution, a judicial review of the top court's decision or a presidential pardon. Death row convicts in Indonesia rarely have their sentences reduced.
The 57-year-old was sentenced to death in January after a large stash of cocaine was found in her suitcase as she arrived on a flight from Bangkok in May last year. Prosecutors had recommended 15 years' imprisonment.
Police said she was at the centre of a drugs-importing ring involving three other Britons. Sandiford said she was forced to transport the drugs to protect her children whose safety was at stake.
At a closed hearing at the Supreme Court in Jakarta on Thursday, a three-judge panel rejected Sandiford's appeal, said the panel's chief judge Artidjo Alkostar.
"Her appeal has been rejected," he said in a text message after the closed hearing. "The decision is unanimous."
He said the judges agreed with the decision taken by the Denpasar District Court in Bali, which sentenced her to death, and the island's High Court, which rejected her first appeal.
Most people sentenced to death for drugs offences fail to have their sentences reduced on appeal. They face a long wait in jail before being taken to a remote, undisclosed location at night and executed by firing squad.
Some have succeeded, such as Scott Rush, a member of the Australian drug smuggling gang known as the "Bali Nine". His death sentence was reduced to life after a judicial review by the Supreme Court in 2011.
And last year President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono pardoned two Indonesians convicted of drug smuggling, reducing their death sentences to life in prison.
Britain has previously raised concerns about Sandiford's treatment in the island's notorious Kerobokan jail, alleging in papers submitted to Denpasar District Court that officials threatened her with a gun and deprived her of sleep.
When they handed down the death sentence, the Bali court rejected arguments she was transporting the 4.79 kilos of cocaine to protect her children.
It noted she had not admitted her crime and ruled she had damaged Indonesia's hardline stance on drugs as well as Bali's reputation as a tourism destination.
Three other Britons arrested in connection with the case received lighter sentences.
Julian Ponder was sentenced in January to six years in jail after being found guilty of possessing 23.04 grams of cocaine with a street value of $US6000, found in the bedroom of his luxury Bali villa.
He was arrested after receiving a package from Sandiford in a police sting mounted after she was caught.
Rachel Dougall was sentenced to 12 months for failing to report Sandiford's crime. Paul Beales received four years for possession of 3.6 grams of hashish, but was cleared of drug trafficking. They were sentenced in December.
Two members of the "Bali Nine" who were arrested in 2005 are currently on death row, while the seven others face lengthy jail terms. A Frenchman has also been on death row since May 2007 for drug trafficking.
Read more: http://www.news.com.au/world-news/b...al/story-fndir2ev-1226707021906#ixzz2dOYoqZWd
A BRITISH grandmother sentenced to death for trafficking drugs worth $US2.4 million ($2.70 million) into Bali is a step closer to the firing squad after Indonesia's top court rejected her appeal.
Lindsay Sandiford now only has two more chances to avoid execution, a judicial review of the top court's decision or a presidential pardon. Death row convicts in Indonesia rarely have their sentences reduced.
The 57-year-old was sentenced to death in January after a large stash of cocaine was found in her suitcase as she arrived on a flight from Bangkok in May last year. Prosecutors had recommended 15 years' imprisonment.
Police said she was at the centre of a drugs-importing ring involving three other Britons. Sandiford said she was forced to transport the drugs to protect her children whose safety was at stake.
At a closed hearing at the Supreme Court in Jakarta on Thursday, a three-judge panel rejected Sandiford's appeal, said the panel's chief judge Artidjo Alkostar.
"Her appeal has been rejected," he said in a text message after the closed hearing. "The decision is unanimous."
He said the judges agreed with the decision taken by the Denpasar District Court in Bali, which sentenced her to death, and the island's High Court, which rejected her first appeal.
Most people sentenced to death for drugs offences fail to have their sentences reduced on appeal. They face a long wait in jail before being taken to a remote, undisclosed location at night and executed by firing squad.
Some have succeeded, such as Scott Rush, a member of the Australian drug smuggling gang known as the "Bali Nine". His death sentence was reduced to life after a judicial review by the Supreme Court in 2011.
And last year President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono pardoned two Indonesians convicted of drug smuggling, reducing their death sentences to life in prison.
Britain has previously raised concerns about Sandiford's treatment in the island's notorious Kerobokan jail, alleging in papers submitted to Denpasar District Court that officials threatened her with a gun and deprived her of sleep.
When they handed down the death sentence, the Bali court rejected arguments she was transporting the 4.79 kilos of cocaine to protect her children.
It noted she had not admitted her crime and ruled she had damaged Indonesia's hardline stance on drugs as well as Bali's reputation as a tourism destination.
Three other Britons arrested in connection with the case received lighter sentences.
Julian Ponder was sentenced in January to six years in jail after being found guilty of possessing 23.04 grams of cocaine with a street value of $US6000, found in the bedroom of his luxury Bali villa.
He was arrested after receiving a package from Sandiford in a police sting mounted after she was caught.
Rachel Dougall was sentenced to 12 months for failing to report Sandiford's crime. Paul Beales received four years for possession of 3.6 grams of hashish, but was cleared of drug trafficking. They were sentenced in December.
Two members of the "Bali Nine" who were arrested in 2005 are currently on death row, while the seven others face lengthy jail terms. A Frenchman has also been on death row since May 2007 for drug trafficking.
Read more: http://www.news.com.au/world-news/b...al/story-fndir2ev-1226707021906#ixzz2dOYoqZWd
ro4eva
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This type of draconian bullshit seriously needs to stop.
Exactly who was this guy hurting by buying some coke, other than (arguably) himself and/or perhaps any willing guests?
Psychedelic Jay
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Whoops! Didn’t see that coming, huh...
Lesson learned. The extremely hard way.
Lesson learned. The extremely hard way.
poledriver
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British grandmother fears she will facing firing squad after signing letter
A BRITISH grandmother convicted of smuggling cocaine into Bali fears she will face the death penalty within weeks after signing documents she believes confirm her execution.
Lindsay Sandiford, 58, was sentenced to death in 2013 after being caught smuggling $3 million worth of cocaine from Thailand to Bali.
The Yorkshire-born former legal secretary now believes she could be executed at the same time as Australians Andrew Chan, 31, and Myuran Sukumaran, 33, after the deadline passed for her clemency appeal, the New Zealand Herald reports.
Ms Sandiford, who has no prior convictions, told her sister Helen Parsons over the phone she was confused about the letter and said: “If I sign the letter, am I signing my own death warrant? Am I saying, ‘Go ahead and shoot me?’ The letter is in Indonesian so I won’t even know what it says.”
Ms Sandiford is without legal representation after losing a battle in London’s Supreme Court over a government policy not to pay for lawyers for people facing capital charges overseas. The severity of her punishment has sparked outrage as other members of the syndicate received jail terms.
It comes as two members of Australia’s ‘Bali 9’ group of smugglers, Mr Chan and Mr Sukumaran, had their appeal for clemency rejected. Their families arrived in Bali this week and only a last-ditch legal bid would prevent their execution.
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http://www.news.com.au/world/asia/b...r-signing-letter/story-fnh81fz8-1227197471911
A BRITISH grandmother convicted of smuggling cocaine into Bali fears she will face the death penalty within weeks after signing documents she believes confirm her execution.
Lindsay Sandiford, 58, was sentenced to death in 2013 after being caught smuggling $3 million worth of cocaine from Thailand to Bali.
The Yorkshire-born former legal secretary now believes she could be executed at the same time as Australians Andrew Chan, 31, and Myuran Sukumaran, 33, after the deadline passed for her clemency appeal, the New Zealand Herald reports.
Ms Sandiford, who has no prior convictions, told her sister Helen Parsons over the phone she was confused about the letter and said: “If I sign the letter, am I signing my own death warrant? Am I saying, ‘Go ahead and shoot me?’ The letter is in Indonesian so I won’t even know what it says.”
Ms Sandiford is without legal representation after losing a battle in London’s Supreme Court over a government policy not to pay for lawyers for people facing capital charges overseas. The severity of her punishment has sparked outrage as other members of the syndicate received jail terms.
It comes as two members of Australia’s ‘Bali 9’ group of smugglers, Mr Chan and Mr Sukumaran, had their appeal for clemency rejected. Their families arrived in Bali this week and only a last-ditch legal bid would prevent their execution.
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http://www.news.com.au/world/asia/b...r-signing-letter/story-fnh81fz8-1227197471911
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British grandmother Lindsay Sandiford fears she will be next to face Indonesia’s firing squad
A BRITISH grandmother on death row in Indonesia says executed Australian Andrew Chan was a hero to her.
Lindsay Sandiford, 58, said she was expecting to die shortly, after seven drug convicts were executed last week, causing a storm of international protest.
“My execution is imminent and I know I might die at any time now. I could be taken tomorrow from my cell,” Sandiford wrote in British newspaper the Mail on Sunday.
“I have started to write goodbye letters to members of my family.” She described Chan, one of two Australians killed by firing squad last week for his role in a plan to smuggle heroin, as “one of the heroes of my life”.
The two became close friends in prison, where Chan spent a decade after being arrested as one of the Bali Nine group of smugglers.
Chan, who became a Christian pastor in prison and fellow Australian Myuran Sukumaran were executed on Wednesday.
Like the Australians, Sandiford wrote that she would not wear a blindfold when facing the firing squad and also planned to sing before her executioners — she has chosen the cheery popular song Magic Moments.
Chan and Sukumaran both declined blindfolds in their last moments and led their doomed group in singing the hymn Amazing Grace.
“I won’t wear a blindfold. It’s not because I’m brave but because I don’t want to hide — I want them to look at me when they shoot me,” Sandiford wrote.
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http://www.news.com.au/world/asia/b...ias-firing-squad/story-fnh81fz8-1227333835451
A BRITISH grandmother on death row in Indonesia says executed Australian Andrew Chan was a hero to her.
Lindsay Sandiford, 58, said she was expecting to die shortly, after seven drug convicts were executed last week, causing a storm of international protest.
“My execution is imminent and I know I might die at any time now. I could be taken tomorrow from my cell,” Sandiford wrote in British newspaper the Mail on Sunday.
“I have started to write goodbye letters to members of my family.” She described Chan, one of two Australians killed by firing squad last week for his role in a plan to smuggle heroin, as “one of the heroes of my life”.
The two became close friends in prison, where Chan spent a decade after being arrested as one of the Bali Nine group of smugglers.
Chan, who became a Christian pastor in prison and fellow Australian Myuran Sukumaran were executed on Wednesday.
Like the Australians, Sandiford wrote that she would not wear a blindfold when facing the firing squad and also planned to sing before her executioners — she has chosen the cheery popular song Magic Moments.
Chan and Sukumaran both declined blindfolds in their last moments and led their doomed group in singing the hymn Amazing Grace.
“I won’t wear a blindfold. It’s not because I’m brave but because I don’t want to hide — I want them to look at me when they shoot me,” Sandiford wrote.
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http://www.news.com.au/world/asia/b...ias-firing-squad/story-fnh81fz8-1227333835451