Firing Squad Case
Indonesia Constitutional Court
Number 21/PUU-VI/2008 (2008)
- Written by Mary Katherine Cunningham, JD
Facts
On October 12, 2002, members of the terrorist organization Jemaah Islamiyah carried out a series of bombing in Bali, Indonesia. The bombings killed 202 people and injured 209 people. The Indonesian authorities later arrested several Indonesian nationals for their involvement in the Bali bombing. The trial courts sentenced three of the perpetrators to death by firing squad, citing Law 2 of 1964. The defendants appealed their death sentence, arguing that the death penalty violated the right not to be tortured guaranteed under Article 28I of the Constitution of Indonesia. The defendants argued that capital punishment by firing squad violated Article 28I in particular because death by firing squad required the firing of multiple bullets and caused extreme suffering before death.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Per curiam)
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