Injustice system for Terrorism

Terrorism has been a real life experience for many people around the world in recent years. And it is one of those things were justice is often never reached. Thousands of people lost their lives when the Twin Towers went down in September 2001, and then the Bali bombings a year and a month later hit Australia more closely.

With the Bali bombers’ execution scheduled next month, I wonder why it has taken so long for these horrendous people to be dealt their punishment?
The Bali bombings were in October 2002 – over six years ago, and we are still a few weeks away from Amrozi, Mukhlas and Samudra facing the firing squad.

I am aware that it takes time for cases to be constructed and brought against them, but six years is, in my opinion, excessive!

I’m not a believer in the death penalty and have held that opinion for some time, however, I do believe that there are exceptional circumstances when the death penalty is the only option. And when it comes to acts of global terrorism, when thousands of innocent people are killed, those responsible should die also.

Why is it that people who cause so much death and destruction in the world, like terrorists, are given an extra six years of life, when they didn’t give their victims a choice in the matter. A justice system is supposed to be give just that – justice.

And when you compare the sentence for an act of terrorism to that of drug smuggling, they are the same. Sure, drug smugglers can kill people as a result of their actions, but the deceased had a say in their fate: victims of terrorism don’t.

It took the Bali bomber’s trial three years longer to come up the same verdict as the Bali Nine – death. Surely an act of terrorism, where the perpetrators credit themselves for the act, is much easier to establish blame than for drug smugglers, who may actually be innocent?

By Lauren Weier