Eleven people in Indonesia are facing death penalty because of drug trafficking. Countries such as Brazil, France, and Australia are pressuring the President to change his decision of the death penalty. They are concerned of these harsh penalties partly because some of the traffickers tried to smuggle drugs to their countries such as Australia. The president completely disagrees and argues that they have every right to exercise this law. Indonesia is well-known for having harsh penalties when handling drug trafficking, and the current president, Joko Widodo is all for them. Just recently, six traffickers were executed and now eleven will be killed as well by a firing squad. Two men within the eleven people facing death penalty who tried to smuggle Heroin, will try to appeal the decision although it is very difficult to change the presidents jurisdiction. Although it will be difficult to do, it is worth a shot for these people to appeal the decision to save their lives. The charges do seem very intense but the president has reasons to why drug trafficking is seen as a terrible crime. What is interesting is that since Indonesia is known for their harsh ruling over drug trafficking why has there been so many people violating it. There are many people who have been executed for smuggling drugs so why try to even do so. Most get caught and is it really worth losing your life over. Whatever the case may be, death penalty is a very rough charge but it will be interesting if those two men appealing will be able to get out of it.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-31598763
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