'Early release' for Bali plotter - Democratic Underground

DoYouEverWonder

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Sat Aug-13-05 08:58 PM
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'Early release' for Bali plotter

13 August 2005

Bali bomb plotter Abu Bakar Ba'asyir could have his jail term cut under a general amnesty due to be announced next week, Indonesian media report.

Ba'asyir, who is said to lead the Jemaah Islamiyah militant group, was sentenced to 30 months in March for conspiracy over the 2002 attacks.

He may now have his sentence cut along with 53,000 other inmates to mark 60 years of Indonesian independence.

Relatives of some of the 202 people killed in Bali have voiced dismay.

The shortening of sentences for good behaviour may also apply to another 18 of the 24 Bali bombers but not to those sentenced to death or life imprisonment.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4148520.stm

WTF? They're going to let this guy free? For good behavior? Give me a break.

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Swede

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Sat Aug-13-05 09:23 PM
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1. Kill 202 people and get out of jail after 30 months.

This is a travesty.

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