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Matthew Norman was 18 when he decided to become a heroin smuggler. Today he turned 21, locked up on death row in Bali, aware that this birthday could be his last. There was nothing resembling a celebration for the youngest member of the Bali Nine heroin ring. Norman's twin sister Cheryl is in Bali to support him. But because Kerobokan jail does not allow visitors on Mondays, he spent the day

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The lawyer for three members of the Bali nine says an opinion from three district court judges that rejects legal arguments against their death sentences is not critical to his clients' appeal. The ABC has seen the judges' report, which will be presented to the Supreme Court before it makes its final decision. The judges in Bali say that, in their opinion, the appeal by Mathew Norman, Si Yi Chen

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Judges have advised Indonesia's Supreme Court to reject a final appeal by three members of the Bali nine against their death sentence, according to court documents. Lawyers for Si Yi Chen, Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen and Matthew Norman, on death row for attempting to smuggle heroin from the resort island of Bali, filed a request for a case review to the Supreme Court in June. Aside from receiving a

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A DEFENCE lawyer says Indonesia's Supreme Court could still save three members of the Bali Nine heroin ring, despite a panel of judges recommending their death penalties be upheld. Three judges from the Denpasar District Court have advised the Supreme Court to reject a last-ditch appeal by Australian drug smugglers Matthew Norman, Si Yi Chen and Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen. But the trio's lawyer Farhat

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The Queensland Government has secured the Australian Government’s commitment to seek clemency for any Australian facing the death penalty overseas, including members of the so-called “Bali Nine”. Queensland Attorney-General Kerry Shine said Attorneys-General from across Australia unanimously agreed to the resolution he moved on the death penalty at the Standing Committee of Attorneys-General (

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Bali Nine members Scott Rush, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, convicted in Indonesia of an attempt in 2005 to smuggle more than 8kg of heroin into Australia, have all lodged applications with Indonesia's Constitutional Court, claiming the country's death penalty is unlawful. The court will hand down its decision soon, but some law experts say that even if the applicants win they may not be

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A FORMER federal minister under investigation by the Australian Federal Police has backed a petition accusing the force of "delivering up" up the Bali Nine to the death sentence. Member for Moreton Gary Hardgrave tabled a petition in Parliament this week from the Brisbane parents of Scott Rush, who has been sentenced to death for his part in a plot to smuggle 8.3kg of heroin into Australia. The

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AUSTRALIAN members of the Bali Nine heroin smuggling gang, now on death row, could be executed by lethal injection rather than firing squad under changes being considered by Indonesia's Attorney-General. Abdurrahman Saleh said yesterday he had already discussed the plan with the Indonesian Doctors Association, the country's peak medical body. "We have had several meetings with them on this

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Can the Bali Nine beat the death penaltyBALI Nine members Scott Rush, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, convicted in Indonesia of an attempt in April 2005 to smuggle more than 8kg of heroin into Australia, await execution by firing squad or lethal injection. They are now running cases in that country's Constitutional Court, claiming that the death penalty is unconstitutional. The bitter irony

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A new security treaty with Indonesia could hamper Australia's ability to speak out about human rights abuses, a Sydney University report warns. Australia and Indonesia last year signed an historic security pact, known as the Lombok Treaty, which is currently being examined by a parliamentary committee. The wide-ranging treaty - which covers cooperation in areas such as defence, law enforcement,

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Attorney General Abdul Rahman Saleh has defended the government's decision to keep capital punishment in the country's legal system, saying it was a deterrent to crime. "On the request filed by several Australians to have (capital punishment) reviewed, the Justice Minister, the National Narcotics Agency head and I will keep fighting to keep the death penalty here," Abdul Rahman told a media

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Indonesia is considering abandoning firing squads in favour of lethal injections to carry out death sentences. Six members of the Bali nine and three Bali bombers are imprisoned in Indonesia, sentenced to death by firing squad. Before Indonesia's Constitutional Court, Attorney-General Abdul Rachman Saleh argued that as foreigners, the Bali nine's Scott Rush, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran

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The lawyer for convicted drug mule Scott Rush says a two-pronged appeal will be mounted in Indonesian courts from today. Darwin-based Colin McDonald QC says the first appeal to Indonesia's Constitutional Court starts today and runs for a month. Mr McDonald will argue that as a recent signatory to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Indonesia should reserve the death

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IF YOU are relieved by the suggestion from the Howard Government that it has cut a deal with the Bush Administration to return home Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks by Christmas, then spare a thought for about 180 other Australian citizens, including high-profile cases such as Schapelle Corby and the Bali Nine, who are languishing in overseas prisons, and in some cases facing the death penalty

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The right to file a request for a judicial review should not be limited only to Indonesians, because equal treatment before the law is a basic human right, a lawyer said Wednesday. Lawyer Todung Mulya Lubis made the statement in revised arguments submitted to the Constitutional Court asking for the abolition of the death sentence in the 1997 Narcotics Law. "Everyone should have the right to

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Lawyers for the two Bali Nine ringleaders have lodged a fresh legal challenge against the death penalty in Indonesia's Constitutional Court. When lawyers for Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran initially submitted their challenge to the Constitutional Court on February 1, chief judge Mukhtie Fadjar said only Indonesian citizens could challenge the country's law. However, lawyer Todung Mulya Lubis on

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DEATH-ROW members of the Bali Nine heroin-smuggling gang could avoid a firing squad under radical changes to Indonesia's criminal code being considered by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. The wholesale revision of the Crimes Act would retain the death penalty for selected crimes, including drug smuggling, but would give convicts the opportunity to have their sentences commuted after 10 years'

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The draft of a new Indonesian criminal code being considered by the country's President includes amendments under which the death penalty could be avoided. The latest draft of Indonesia's new criminal code grants a faint new hope to the six of the Bali Nine heroin smuggling ring now facing the death penalty in Indonesia. Under the proposed changes, those sentenced to death would receive 10

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Lawyers for Bali Nine drug mule Scott Rush have asked that his legal challenge against Indonesia's death penalty be joined with a similar appeal by the two ringleaders of the failed heroin smuggling ring. Rush, 21, and ringleaders Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, have lodged separate challenges with Indonesia's Constitutional Court, arguing the country's constitution enshrines their right to

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Two Bali Nine ringleaders appear to have hit an early stumbling block in their fight against the death penalty in Indonesia's Constitutional Court. Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran have lodged a test-case challenge seeking the protection of Indonesia's constitution, which they say affords life as a basic human right. They are challenging the constitutional validity of the narcotics

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A blow has been dealt to challenges lodged by three Australians seeking to have their death penalties ruled illegal under Indonesia's Constitution. Indonesia's Constitutional Court does not have the power to quash the death sentences faced by the Bali Nine's ringleaders, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, or drug mule Scott Rush. But the drug smugglers hope that an argument that their death

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Bali Nine drug mule Scott Rush has launched a fresh legal bid to escape the death penalty, seeking protection under Indonesia's Constitution.Rush's legal team lodged a challenge in the Constitutional Court in Jakarta on behalf of the 21-year-old, arguing the Indonesian Constitution protects life as a basic human right.It comes a fortnight after a similar unprecedented challenge was lodged by Bali

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The nationality of two Australians seeking the protection of Indonesia's constitution to beat their death sentences should not be an issue, their lawyer says. Bali Nine ringleaders Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran have lodged a test case in Indonesia's Constitutional Court challenging their death sentences over the failed heroin smuggling ring. Their lawyers argue that Indonesia's constitution

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THE Indonesian policeman who led the investigation into the Bali nine says he disagrees with death sentences imposed on four of the heroin smugglers. I Made Pastika, who now heads Indonesia's top drug unit, says he was surprised when the Supreme Court in Jakarta last year overturned jail sentences imposed by a Bali court and ordered that the four Australians face the firing squad. But General

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Indonesia's top drug enforcement official believes death sentences handed to four members of the Bali Nine heroin smuggling ring are too harsh. But he says it is appropriate that two others - ringleaders Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran - be put to death for their lead roles in the failed plot to smuggle heroin from Bali into Australia. The views of I Made Mangku Pastika, executive director of

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