Two Australian drug traffickers on death row in Indonesia a final appeal against their sentences on Friday, seeking to have them reduced to 20 years in prison terms.
Lawyers for Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan, the members of the so-called "Bali Nine" gang of heroin traffickers, appealed to the highest Court of the country through the Denpasar court in Bali, calling for the right to life guaranteed by the Constitution.
Lawyers for Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan, the members of the so-called "Bali Nine" gang of heroin traffickers, appealed to the highest Court of the country through the Denpasar court in Bali, calling for the right to life guaranteed by the Constitution.
"We have a judicial review if we consider this case in conflict with fundamental rights guaranteed under our Constitution," one of their lawyers, Mulya Lubis Todung, told reporters at the Denpasar District Court.
"It is true that they should be punished, but not the death penalty. We are looking to be reduced to a 20-year prison sentence," Lubis toegevoegd.
Chan and Sukumaran were sentenced to an attempt in 2005 to 8.3 pounds of heroin smuggled to Australia from the Indonesian holiday island of Bali.
Five other "Bali Nine" members - Martin Stephens, Matthew Norman, Si Yi Chen, Michael Nguyen Thanh and Czugaj - serve life sentences.
Lubis said that judges should take into account the two convicts' contribution in teaching inmates at Kerobokan prison in Denpasar.
"They have learned skills such as computers fellow prisoners and painting. In this case, they are supporting the government rehabilitation program for prisoners," he added.
"It is true that they should be punished, but not the death penalty. We are looking to be reduced to a 20-year prison sentence," Lubis toegevoegd.
Chan and Sukumaran were sentenced to an attempt in 2005 to 8.3 pounds of heroin smuggled to Australia from the Indonesian holiday island of Bali.
Five other "Bali Nine" members - Martin Stephens, Matthew Norman, Si Yi Chen, Michael Nguyen Thanh and Czugaj - serve life sentences.
Lubis said that judges should take into account the two convicts' contribution in teaching inmates at Kerobokan prison in Denpasar.
"They have learned skills such as computers fellow prisoners and painting. In this case, they are supporting the government rehabilitation program for prisoners," he added.
