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Rudd firm on capital punishment stance
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says the fact that he backs the death penalty for the Bali bombers in Indonesia does not signal any change in his opposition to capital punishment in Australia.Mr Rudd says the three men on death row in Indonesia over the bombings that killed 202 people, including 88 Australians, are cowards and mass murderers who deserve the justice that will be delivered to them. He says the Bali bombers are subject to the Indonesian system, but he has told Fairfax radio he does not believe in the death penalty in Australia or for Australians in other nations. "That's the view of the Liberals, that's the view of the Australian Labor Party and that'll be the case into the future as well," he said. "Also when it comes to Australians convicted of sentences abroad, both Mr Howard when he was prime minister and myself since becoming Prime Minister, we regularly intervene with foreign countries arguing the case for clemency for Australians convicted abroad." Posted by: Oztralian 2008-10-03 |
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