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| 'Am I being executed?' Schizophrenic Brazilian did not realize he was about to die |
| 2015-04-30 |
| From SMH The 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 |
| #5 Doesn't bother me. There are multiple reasons to have a death penalty. One of them is to remove from society those who utterly reject its most fundamental rules - or are unable to abide them for any reason. This is an example of a healthy society protecting itself, not a punishment per se which would require that the executed person understand what's going on. |
| Posted by: Floluse Stalin1161 2015-04-30 11:18 |
| #4 I won't get too indignant about the execution of drug dealers. It's not like they didn't know the risk, as Indonesia (and Singapore, and Malaysia) makes it clear at every port of entry. But anon1 has a point: the Bali bomber got off with a light sentence, whereas the drug mule was executed. Something's not right in that picture, and I know at least one of things that isn't right. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2015-04-30 08:23 |
| #3 .....He talked to animals and was afraid of electromagnetic waves from satellites Holy fo*! I'd better see my doctor. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-04-30 07:37 |
| #2 Zainal Abidin was executed too and he was a Muslim |
| Posted by: BernardZ 2015-04-30 05:08 |
| #1 they were tied to crosses. The Islamist Bali bomber was let out after serving just 5 years of a 10 year sentence. Sharia has been implemented in Aceh. The MUI has just passed a fatwa calling for the beating and murder of homosexuals. Look sharp to Indonesia because Islamist fascism is rising |
| Posted by: anon1 2015-04-30 04:24 |