All executions are a failure of justice

Julian McMahon, The Age

10 November 2008

DEATH row. The expression conjures stark images. One of them for me is the faces of Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan, pictured, two of the Bali nine being held in Kerobokan prison. They have been sentenced to be shot. When I last saw them 10 days ago, their anxiety was raw. Ten prisoners have been executed in Indonesia since June and one question on the minds of those working for Australians on death row in Bali is, what are the implications of Sunday's execution of the Bali bombers for them?

Read the opinion piece by Melbourne death penalty lawyer Julian McMahon in The Age.

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