Despite all efforts to stop Indonesia imposing the death penalty on two Aussies, Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan, are now dead. In the early hours of this morning (AEST) they were shot by firing squad.
Andrew and Myu lived for 10 years in Kerobakan Prison and they both chose to make their life a better one. Everyone deserves a second change and they took theirs and did their best until it ended.
The convicted drug traffickers Chan, 31, and Sukumaran, 34, were shot dead on the prison island of Nusakambangan just before 3:30am AEST. Six other death row prisoners were also shot and killed.
Both men have left behind many family members and friends and community members, who will remember them as good men. The prisoners’ families were heard wailing as they boarded a boat for the execution site.
Reports have stated killing them is and was a waste and yes it is something that did not have to happen, but these men have left a good feeling in people’s hearts, so none of it is a waste.
Under Indonesian law, the death penalty is carried out by a 12-man firing squad, although only three guns are loaded with live ammunition.
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