Briton Lindsay Sandiford has lost her appeal against her
death sentence in Bali for drug trafficking.
The High Court in Bali upheld the sentence handed down
earlier in January, saying the decision was ‘accurate and correct’.
Sandiford was sentenced to death by firing squad after she
was convicted of drug trafficking, following the discovery of 4.8kg of cocaine in
her luggage when she landed in Bali in May 2012. Sandiford says she was forced
into smuggling the cocaine. For the original article on this story and a discussion of the death penalty, see here.
Sandiford will now have 14 days to appeal the decision to
the Supreme Court. If this appeal is rejected she can seek a judicial review of
the decision from the same court. If that fails, only the country’s president
can grant her relief.
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