The Bali Nine Duo Will Have Their Appeals Heard This Week

Following widespread outcry at the possibility that Bali Nine pair Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran might be executed before exhausting all available legal avenues, the Indonesian justice system has allowed them another chance at appeal.

Fairfax report that the pair will be given a hearing in a Jakarta court on Thursday, at which their lawyers will argue that president Joko Widodo did not properly consider their application for mercy under the country’s Clemency Act.
The Australian government has lobbied heavily for the pair to be spared their lives over the past week, with Foreign Minister Julie Bishop going as far as to float the possibility of a prisoner swap arrangement with Indonesia.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott requested a call from his Indonesian counterpart this morning, although there has so far been no response from the presidential palace in Jakarta.
Late last year, Widodo told media that he would reject all clemency pleas for drug felons in Indonesia as a matter of course.Chan and Sukumaran’s lawyers will argue that he did not “thoroughly consider” their application, as required under law.
At this stage, 10 people are slated to be killed in the current round of executions. The timeframe of Chan and Sukumaran’s appeal is “hard to predict”, so the pair may remain in limbo for a while before getting any sort of answer. 
 

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