Bali Nine Research Paper

Did you know there is more than 100 people currently on death row in Indonesia right now and the last known execution was this year.

The Bali nine are a group of men and women that tried to smuggle more than 8 kilos of heroin into Australia in 2005 which valued around 4 million dollars. Out of the nine people in the Bali nine, only a half of them have been put on death row and the other half are in imprisonment.

I agree with the death penalties and the strict law Bali has and that they are using it on the Bali nine. I know they may have stories behind what happened with the drugs but it is no excuse for trying to smuggle drugs over to another country. The death penalty has been in Bali’s law for a very long time and to then try and smuggle drugs over to Australia and not expect a harsh penalty in return is a bit dumb. I do think the death penalty is harsh for this case but now that the Bali nine have received the penalty, they are trying there hardest to get out of it but I think if you have tried to smuggle drugs over to your own country for a plot to get so much money I don’t see why they don’t deserve a punishment. A death penalty, yes it may be very harsh but I don’t have anything against the people, I have someone against the act they pulled.
Australia is trying hard to get the Bali nine off the death penalty because we are so against it.
It is not like we are saying that what they did was the right thing to do but Australia can’t turn a blind eye on this case because we don’t support death penalties ourselves. Australia I feel is supporting the Bali nine to get them out of the death penalty, if what they planned actually worked then how could Australia support them then when they have gone against there own country? They still did plot this in Australia so I’m sure the government here may be against against what they did but they have to fight against the penalty because we’re so against
it.

I also wonder why the Bali nine did what they did. Schapelle Corby just got out of jail for drugs and the things she went through were horrendous. Even now that she is out of jail she is still mentally scarred, as her experiences were so terrifying. Bali has had harsh laws for a long time and shooting them is a very disturbing and cruel way but not expecting a harsh penalty for smuggling drugs is a bit ridiculous, It is Bali’s laws and you have to respect and obey that, people won’t learn if the law keeps getting repelled against. Schapelle was lucky not to get the death penalty and to have been let out so soon, we don’t want to hear another story like this, we don’t want Australians to keep getting in trouble with Bali laws because of drugs, it’s a dumb decision so why should we help?

I know the death penalties are harsh and I know the Bali nine may have had bright futures ahead but that is there fault for getting into trouble with the laws in Bali. I support the death penalties and Bali’s laws as it is there country and there right to have what law they want.
Australia is trying there best to help and if it isn’t working then there isn’t anything we can do about, I won’t be going out of my way to support them for what they did, I’ll be supporting them because they’re Australian and it is sad that it is happening to them.