Not everyone is sad about Amrozi and Co. slipping out of the noose. It must be a terrible thing to lose a child, but one parent of an Australian victim, has publicly welcomed the continuation of their legal defence.
Here’s more from the Jakarta Post.
Australian father of Bali bombing victim welcomes decision to stay execution of bombers
CANBERRA (AP): The father of an Australian man killed in a bomb attack on Bali in 2002 welcomed news Monday that three convicted terrorists would not be executed for their part in the crime until an appeal is heard.
Lawyer Brian Deegan, whose son Josh, 21, was among 202 people who died in the blasts on the Indonesian tourist island on Oct. 12 that year, wrote to Amnesty International last week requesting that Indonesia spare the lives of Amrozi Nurhasyim, Ali Gufron and Imam Samudra.
The three Islamic militants were among 30 people convicted over the nightclub bombings.
Deegan welcomed the Indonesian government’s decision to postpone the executions scheduled for Tuesday because the three have expressed interest in appealing their death sentences.
“From a legal point of view, I am happy about the decision because everyone has the same rights as everyone else regardless of the crime so their right to appeal should be respected,” Deegan told The Associated Press.
“From a philosophical point of view, I’m totally against capital punishment,” he added.
“The only downside is that this for me delays the grieving process. I just wish it could be all put to rest so that I could put it behind me,” he said.
I still think John Mark Karr could be a positive addition to the life of the ‘deadly trio’.
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