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Muslim militants in Bali bombings file final appeal
Three Muslim militants sentenced to death for the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings made their final attempts to appeal the verdict citing that it violated the constitution.
- Agencies
- Published: 10:54 February 25, 2008
Bali: Three Muslim militants sentenced to death for the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings made their final attempts to appeal the verdict citing that it violated the constitution.
The appeals made to the Supreme Court, known as the judicial review, were inadmissible, insisted the prosecutors because the same petitions has been filed last year and had been rejected. They argued that the judge must throw out the appeals.
Indonesian terrorists with links to al-Qaida carried out the 2002 nightclub bombings on the resort island. The attacks killed 202 people, most of them foreign tourists, and thrust the mostly Muslim country into the front lines of the war on terror.
The three death row militants — Imam Samudra, Amrozi, and his elder brother Ali Gufron — are among about 30 people sentenced in the attacks. All three have admitted taking part and have shown no remorse.
Lawyer for the militants, Fahmi Bachmid, said their convictions were illegal because they were based on anti-terror laws passed after the attack. This would be against Indonesia's constitution which does not allow laws to be retroactively applicable.
Bacmid did not reveal if he had any new evidence to present to the court. He said he had the right to file the petitions again, despite the rejection of the last attempt to do so.
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