Two Thai Woman Drug Trafficking Successfully Escaped Death Penalty in Bali
News24xx.com - Two Thai women convicted of smuggling methamphetamine into Bali have escaped the death sentence after the court sentenced them to 16 years in prison.
The district court in the capital of Bali, Denpasar, said Kasarin Khamkhao and Sanicha Maneetes - a janitor and operator of a motorcycle rental shop in Thailand - had shown remorse for their crimes and deserved the leniency.
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Wednesday's decision came four months after the couple were arrested by suspicious airport officials who found nearly one kilogram of methamphetamine hidden under their clothes after arriving on a flight from Bangkok.
Indonesia, which is predominantly Muslim, has some of the toughest drug laws in the world, including the death penalty for human traffickers.
At the time of their October arrest, police said Thai women could face a firing squad if found guilty.
Prosecutors, who demand a 19-year prison sentence, said Wednesday they could appeal lighter sentences than requested.
The two Thais also have to pay 1.0 billion rupiah (US $ 72,000) each in fines or have three more months to be sentenced, the court said.
Indonesia has slowed the pace of executions in recent years despite widespread public support for the sentence.
A French drug smuggler briefly on the death penalty saw his sentence reduced to 19 years on appeal.
While the death penalty is often reduced to long prison terms, Indonesia has executed foreign nationals in the past, including two Australian masterminds of the Bali Nine heroin gang who were shot in 2015.
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