The Wire

Lawyers for the two Australian drug smugglers facing execution in Indonesia, are launching a last ditch legal challenge against none other – than the President of Indonesia himself. Last month President Joko Widodo rejected their pleas for clemency – after vowing that he would show no leniency to any of the drug offenders currently on death row. Lawyers for the pair say this blanket rejection and the President’s apparent failure to take into account the Bali nine duo’s individual circumstances, means his decision could be unlawful. This is the basis of their appeal, but will it work? Dom Vukovic spoke to international law expert, Associate Professor Simon Butt.