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'Am I being executed?' Schizophrenic Brazilian did not realize he was about to die
From SMHThe schizophrenic Brazilian man killed by an Indonesian firing squad alongside Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran did not realise he was about to be put to death moments before he was gunned down. "Am I being executed?" Rodrigo Gularte, asked the Irish priest appointed as his spiritual advisor as he was transported to the execution field... Gularte, 42, was arrested in 2004 trying to smuggle six kilograms of cocaine into Indonesia in surfboards. He was diagnosed with schizophrenia when he was 16 years old. He talked to animals and was afraid of electromagnetic waves from satellites watching him above his prison on Nusakambangan island. Father Burrows also described to RTE the scene on the execution field as all eight condemned men were tied to crosses. Medical records obtained by his legal team reveal (Gularte) was first diagnosed with cerebral dysrhythmia when he was 10 years old. His legal team had 22 documents relating to his mental illness and were baffled that this was not brought up by his previous lawyers during Gularte's trial. They had attempted to argue that Gularte should be hospitalised, not executed. In 2014 the Brazilian Embassy requested Gularte be transferred to a mental institution but Indonesian authorities never responded. Posted by: anon1 2015-04-30 |
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