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Court rejects final appeal of bombers awaiting firing squad

(25 Sep 2007) SHOTLIST : Jakarta - 25 September 2007 1. Wide exterior of High Court building 2. High Court spokesman, Nurhadi sitting at desk 3. SOUNDBITE: (Indonesian) Nurhadi (has one name only), High Court spokesman: "The Criminal case of 2007 on behalf of the accused Amrozi, son of H Nurhasyim has been decided by the Court of Justice Supreme Court on Tuesday, 18 September 2007." FILE: Bali - 7 August 2003 4. Bali bomber, Amrozi Nurhasyim walking into court room escorted by police and chanting: (Indonesian) "God is great" 5. Close up of Nurhasyim sitting in defendant's chair Jakarta - 25 September 2007 6. SOUNDBITE: (Indonesian) Nurhadi, High Court Spokesman: "Briefly, the verdict of the review of the accused has been rejected by the Court of Justice Supreme Court." FILE: Bali - 11 December 2004 7. Nurhasyim and co-defendant, Ali Ghufron hugging Jakarta - 25 September 2007 8. SOUNDBITE: (Indonesian) Nurhadi, High Court Spokesman: "The execution will be the right of the other institution. In this case it is the Attorney General. So it is up to the institution to take action (on the decision) on the execution." FILE: Bali - 11 December 2004 9. Bali bomber, Imam Samudra walking through corridor inside prison STORYLINE: Indonesia's top court said on Tuesday it rejected final appeals of three Islamic militants convicted over the 2002 Bali bombings, bringing closer their executions for the attacks that killed 202 people, mostly foreign tourists. Supreme Court spokesman Nurhadi said two separate panels of judges had ruled against Ali Ghufron and Imam Samudra because their lawyers provided no new evidence countering earlier verdicts at lower courts. The court previously announced that it has also rejected an appeal by a third Bali bomber on death row, Gufron's younger brother, Amrozi Nurhasyim. The three men all admitted in court to planning and carrying out the attacks, which they have said were meant to punish the United States and its Western allies for alleged atrocities in Afghanistan. They showed no remorse and taunted relatives of the victims in court. Nurhadi said the only way for the men to avoid the death penalty would be to ask Indonesia's president for clemency, something the militants and their lawyers have said they will not do because they stand by their actions. Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, has been hit by a string of terrorist attacks in recent years, the first and most deadly being the 12 October 2002 bombings on the resort island of Bali. The attacks were carried out by members of Jemaah Islamiyah, a local network of mostly Afghan trained militants, with al-Qaida providing money and some expertise, police and former militants have said. Around 30 people were convicted in the twin nightclub attacks, though two at least two key suspects remain at large. Despite saying they were happy to die a martyrs death, the three men have challenged the convictions in the courts, with their chief argument being that the convictions were illegal because they were based on an anti-terror law passed after the attacks. In 2004, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that that law could not be applied retroactively, but senior officials at the time, including the justice minister, insisted that the ruling would not impact on the Bali bombing verdicts. Nurhadi, who goes by a single name, did not explain the ruling in detail. He said that the men must now ask the president for mercy to avoid the firing squad. "Briefly, the verdict of the review of the accused has been rejected by the Court of Justice Supreme Court," he added. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...