The recent execution of 2 Australians and 6 others by firing squad in Indonesia, is in my opinion a disgusting example of murder by the state for political gain. These guys did a stupid thing but never killed anyone, to all extent they appeared fully rehabilitated in the 10 years they were on death row. The new president of Indonesia in an act of appeasement to a shady bunch of conservative muslims boasts of his tough stand. To me he is a weak gutless leader and puppet of evil forces in Indonesia, who arrogantly refused to look at the individual cases to push his sick demented agenda. I predict an increase in terrorist attacks from indonesia as the new government condones and turns a blind eye to radicalisation of their young.
Most nations have matured enough to remove capital punishment from their books, sadly the US is a main offender in the same class and no better than Iran, Saudi Arabia, China and North Korea. One would hope the US would lead by example and grow up, banning capital punishment at a federal level. It is proved the death penalty fails as a deterrent so the only point of it is vengeance. I thought the the fictional bloke in the sky was the only one who could exercise that right.
