jpnn.com - JAKARTA - Presiden Joko Widodo (Jokowi) diuji lagi. Sebuah surat terbuka beredar untuk Jokowi, dari Barney Greenway, yang merupakan vokalis Napalm Death, grup metal yang disukai Jokowi.
Dalam suratnya yang diberitakan The Independent, Selasa (3/2), Greenway mendesak Jokowi menunjukkan belas kasihan kepada warga Inggris, Lindsay Sandiford (56 tahun) yang divonis mati pada 2013 di Bali karena membawa 4,7 kilogram kokain.
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Greenway meminta Jokowi menyelamatkan nyawa Sandiford. Ini isi suratnya.
Dear Mr Widodo,
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I am writing to you again to appeal for mercy and restraint, this time regarding the case of Lindsay Sandiford, a prisoner from the UK who it would seem is facing the prospect of imminent execution on the grounds of cocaine trafficking.
My request for a considered, humane perspective extends to all prison detainees, but particularly in the case of Lindsay Sandiford it would appear that she was under duress to transport drugs, with her family under threat if she did not comply.
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Speaking generally, there have been countless miscarriages of justice and excessive punishments throughout history, and when the designated penalty is death I would suggest that someone potentially faced with no option but to bow to such a threat deserves far greater hearing and protection from the gravest of penalties.
Currently, Lindsay Sandiford has not seemingly been afforded the legal resources to present her case, so to deal with her case in the cruellest way would be to do so on a partial hearing of the facts at hand and not upon any form of justice as I understand the concept.
For the second time, Mr Widodo, I would ask you to raise yourself above the threshold of all those in power that merely pretend to make changes for the better. To my mind, your election platform promises of moves toward a more egalitarian civic structure means protection at all levels - and capital punishment can only take things backwards in that respect.
I ask you to please keep these promises at the forefront of your mind and urgently give your attention to Lindsay Sandiford’s plight.
In peace and hope, as ever
Mark ‘Barney’ Greenway (Napalm Death)
Secara garis besar, dalam suratnya ini Greenway meminta belas kasihan mengenai kasus Lindsay Sandiford, seorang tahanan dari Inggris yang akan dihukum mati karena perdagangan kokain. Greenway minta Sandiford dipertimbangkan lagi, karena setahu dia, Sandiford berada di bawah tekanan saat membawa obat-obatan, dengan keluarganya di bawah ancaman jika tidak mematuhi.
Diketahui, Jokowi memang pernha mengaku menyukai banyak grup musik, salah satunya Napalm Death. Band grindcore/death metal ini salah satu grup yang paling bertahan lama sejak 1981. Mereka berasal dari Birmingham, Inggris.
Presiden Joko Widodo sendiri belum menanggapi permohonan Greenway ini. Namun di beberapa kesempatan, Jokowi sudah menegaskan bahwa ia akan menolak semua permohonan grasi dari narapidana narkoba. (adk/jpnn)
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