A recent newspaper article in the Sydney Morning Herald questions the whole relationship the Australian Federal Police (AFP) have with foreign police forces and what should be done in regard to the death penalty. The death penalty has been abolished in Australia and to some people the idea of an Australian citizen being executed in a foreign country is quite repugnant.
In the case of the Bali Nine (the 9 Australians accused of trafficking heroin) the AFP gave information to the Balinese police that led to their arrest. Many people argue this was wrong as it could lead to some of the Bali Nine facing death penalty. Should the Australian government always intervene in such cases? Should Aussies be exempt from the death penalty where citizens of other nations are not? Did the AFP make a crucial error in passing on information that invalidates a treaty already in place to protect Australians from the death penalty?
According to the article there are 2 polar opposites when it comes to public opinion. Civil liberties say, death is wrong, save them at any cost, the police say let us do our job. I do not like the idea of people being put to death particularly as the legal processes here do not seem to worry about evidence as much as other places. We wait with baited breath the fate of Schapelle and the Bali Nine
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Hey if the Indos had anything of a credible legal system then the normal arguments could rage abiout the death penalty. The Indos have a 100% corrupt system and therefore no trial is a fair trial. Death for Drugs but not 2 years forBashir who sent the boys out to kill everyone at the Sari Club.
Indonesians make me sick with their hypocrisy. Thats why I moved to Thailand. They have hypocrisy here as we do in our countries but not as extreme and Indo. Also the men are not as impolite as the Indonesians.
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