Indonesia Drug Death Penalty. Life imprisonment for possession, and the death penalty for convicted drug traffickers. The case was brought by prisoners sentenced to death for drug crimes, including some of the bali nine, a group of australian citizens sentenced to prison and the death penalty for drug trafficking in bali in 2005.
The legislation in the draft penal code is a small step towards abolition, said death penalty critic ricky gunawan, the director of indonesia's community legal aid institute. Out of 369 death row prisoners in indonesia, 230 are awaiting execution on drug charges. Possession is punishable by 4 to 12 years of imprisonment, and fines of idr 800 million to 8 billion.
Indonesia is one of 33 countries worldwide that use the death penalty for drug offenses.
The mataram high court ruling overturns the death penalty imposed by a lower court less than three months ago. The legislation in the draft penal code is a small step towards abolition, said death penalty critic ricky gunawan, the director of indonesia's community legal aid institute. And in a 2007 judicial review, the constitutional court ruled that the death penalty was in line with indonesia's. International pressure has mounted on indonesia in recent months to stop its enforcement of the death penalty.
