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Despite Indonesia using Law No. 2/PNPS/1964 that mandated execution by firing squad, until 2023, Article No. 11 of Indonesian Criminal Code still mandated that executions must be performed by hanging and the part remain written in the code.
Execution by firing squad was banned in Utah in 2004, [70] but as the ban was not retroactive, [71] three inmates on Utah's death row have the firing squad set as their method of execution. [72] Idaho banned execution by firing squad in 2009, [ 73 ] temporarily leaving Oklahoma as the only state utilizing this method of execution (and only as a ...
Imam Samudra (Arabic: الإمام سامودرة, romanized: al-Imām Sāmūdirah, 14 January 1970 – 9 November 2008), also known as Abdul Aziz, [3] Qudama/Kudama, Fatih/Fat, Abu Umar or Heri, [4] was an Indonesian terrorist who was convicted and executed for his role in carrying out the Christmas Eve 2000 Indonesia bombings and 2002 Bali bombings. [1]
During the month, his final appeals were rejected by Indonesia's constitutional court and the Attorney General's office announced that he would be executed by firing squad in early November 2008. [3] [11] According to a source in Indonesia's Attorney General Office, the executions were to be done before the end of Sunday, 9 November 2008.
[15] [16] In Indonesia an execution is generally carried out by firing squad, often at night in an isolated location. [17] Following the judgment Sandiford was led from the court in a distressed state, declining to speak to journalists before being escorted away by guards to be held at Bali's notorious Kerobokan Prison. [18]
In North Korea, executions are carried out by firing squad in public, making North Korea one of four countries that continue performing public executions. [14] Oman uses firing squads for execution. [15] In Taiwan, the customary method is a single shot aimed at the heart (or at the brain stem, if the prisoner consents to organ donation). Before ...
Pages in category "People executed by Indonesia by firing squad" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
By order of the Indonesian government, Chan was executed by firing squad on 29 April 2015 at 12:25 am WIB along with Sukumaran and six other prisoners. Chan and the other seven prisoners refused to be blindfolded. They sang "Amazing Grace" and "10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)" before being shot by a 12-member firing squad. [65]