The Jakarta Post, April 15, 2006
No clemency sought for bombers
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Relatives of two men convicted in the first Bali bombings have confirmed they will not
exercise their right to seek clemency on behalf of the men.
Meanwhile, the defense team for the bombers announced it believed it had grounds to
request a case review.
According to the Criminal Code, both convicts and their relatives have the right to
request clemency from the president.
"We have received confirmation from Amrozi's and Ali Gufron's families that they will
not exercise their right to make a request for clemency," Attorney General's Office
spokesman Masyhudi Ridwan said Thursday.
"We have records of their statements and documents that were signed yesterday by
Amrozi's brother, Khozin," he added.
The Denpasar State Court sentenced Amrozi and Ali to death on Sept. 23, 2003, for
their involvement in the Bali bombings on Oct. 12, 2002, which killed 202 people,
many of them foreign tourists, and injured another 209.
A lawyer for the convicts, Ahmad Dinan, confirmed the men's relatives would not seek
clemency.
"Don't be mistaken. What the families did was not reject clemency, but merely
confirm that they will not file a request for it, because the convicts themselves
disagree with the judge's decision to sentence them to death," Ahmad said.
Ahmad said the defense team for the bombers had found a "legal loophole" that would
be the core point in a request for a case review the defense planned to file in the near
future.
"The sentence ... violated a decision by the Constitutional Court that laws cannot be
retroactive. Because the law on terrorism was passed after the 2002 Bali bombings, it
cannot be used in this case," he said. (04)
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