Refleksi; Sekalipun permohohan grasi ditolak oleh Makamah Agung, tetapi pasti 
tanpa hirup pikuk pemerintah NKRI akan membebaskan Amrozi bin Nurhasyim dari 
penjara.

http://www.thejakartapost.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]&irec=0

Supreme Court rejects final Amrozi appeal 


The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

The Supreme Court announced here Friday it has rejected a case review appeal 
from Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, a convicted bomber in the 2002 terrorist attacks on 
Kuta, Bali.

Separately, Vice President Jusuf Kalla was quoted by AP as saying the ruling 
"abides by the law" and it was up to the attorney general to decide when to 
carry out the death penalty. 

The 2002 bombings are considered one of the most high-profile cases in the 
country's judicial history. 202 people, mostly foreigners, were killed in the 
blasts. 

The Supreme Court's verdict was issued by a team of judges led by Iskandar 
Kamil. The team also included panel members Bahauddin Qoudry and Djoko Sarwoko. 

The verdict, issued on Aug. 30, upheld the death sentence issued by the 
Denpasar District Court against Amrozi in August 2003. The sentence was upheld 
by the Bali High Court in late 2003 and then by the Supreme Court in January 
2004. 

Justice Djoko Sarwoko, who is also spokesman for the Supreme Court, said the 
court had decided to reject Amrozi's request for a review of the court's 
January 2004 verdict on the grounds that Amrozi had failed to provide any new 
evidence. 

In his statement, Amrozi quoted a ruling by the Constitutional Court 
establishing that the 2003 law on antiterrorism could not be applied 
retroactively. Amrozi argued that he could not be convicted under the 2003 law 
since the Bali bombing occurred in the previous year. 

"However, the Constitutional Court's verdict does not automatically negate the 
verdicts of the Denpasar District Court and the Bali High Court, both of which 
sentenced him to death," Djoko said as quoted by Antara news wire. 

"The Court's panel of justices decided that the Constitutional Court's ruling 
was not new evidence in the case. It also concluded that there had been no 
mistakes (committed by the Denpasar Court and the Bali High Court) in issuing 
the death sentence," he added. 

Djoko said the Supreme Court was aware the 2003 antiterrorism law was not 
without its flaws, including articles in contradiction to other legislation. 

Djoko added that the court believed the verdicts of the District Court, the 
Bali High Court and the Supreme Court met all the stipulations of the Criminal 
Code Procedures. 

The other two men currently serving sentences for the Bali bombing -- Imam 
Samudra and Amrozi's brother Ali Gufron -- have also filed for a case reviews 
with the Supreme Court. 

The Supreme Court has yet to issue its ruling on the two convicts' plea. 

Amrozi, Imam Samudra, and Ali Ghufron are currently serving their jail terms at 
Batu Prison in Nusakambangan, Central Java. 

The 2002 Bali bombings were blamed on the Al-Qaeda-linked Jamaah Islamiyah 
terror network. None of the three condemned convicts has expressed remorse over 
the attacks.


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