Bali's Court Decision : Kill the Drug Smuggler, Let a Terrorist Go Free

Death sentence explained by Bali court

Bali Nine drug mule Scott Rush was given the death sentence because narcotics are a danger to society and kill people, the Indonesian Supreme Court said on Thursday.

The court on Thursday gave its reasons for upgrading the 21-year-old Brisbane heroin smuggler's sentence from life to the death penalty.
Indonesia's highest court on August 31 ordered Rush be executed after he appealed against his original life term.

The Supreme Court's 55 page dossier says the panel of three judges had granted Rush's wish to change his sentence, but instead of freeing him or granting him a lesser term they decided he should face the firing squad.

"Judging solely that the defendant Scott Anthony Rush is proven legitimately and convincingly guilty of committing an organised crime without any right, exporting narcotics and ... sentence him to death", the dossier said.

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The Supreme Court recently quashed the conspiracy conviction of militant cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, jailed for giving blessings to the 2002 Bali Bombers.

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