Andrew Chan in line for death penalty in Denpasar Bali
Bali Nine kingpin Andrew Chan was in Denpasar District Court today to hear the prosecutions sentencing request for him if he is found guilty.
Chan has been uncooperative ever since his arrest, aboard a Sydney bound plane last year. Though not having drugs on him (kingpins usually don’t, they hire mules), there exists enough background history of association, passport history and cell phone records, as well as testimony of the other Bali Nine, that Chan was the boss. The prosecutors said they are damanding the death sentence for him.
His trial resumes on Feb 2nd and will likely result in a guilty verdict. After all that is over I might try to get interview with him and some of the others in Kerobokan jail.
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I was figuring that the ringleaders would hear death sentence when it came time for prosecutors to give sentecing demands. Though, the judges are not bound by these either so it should prove interesting what the judges themselves say. I am going to go on a limb here and say the death sentencing will stick, especially for Andrew Chan but the sentence demands for the others may end up less depending upon the judges. I don’t see the mules getting more than what was asked and I can only see this dragging on through the courts for longer if the prosecutors appeal the lesser sentencing. Honestly, i’d hope they’d just move on to other cases so as to not waste time on the mules. They’ve made a pretty good score in my view with the leaders, too bad the other ones got away though. Always a next time though. But I think there will be more apprehention among smugglers now with Chan and the other goon having the death sentence hanging over them.