Prosecutors insist on death penalty<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Prosecutors told a court here yesterday that
\nthey intended to stick to their demand for the death penalty for
\na murder suspect.<\/p>\n
Prosecutor Hatta Renuat demanded that the East Jakarta
\ndistrict court sentence Suparmi to death for her alleged
\ninvolvement in the vicious murder of a teacher's family last
\nyear.<\/p>\n
"It has been proven that Suparmi is guilty of planning and
\nparticipating in the murder," Hatta concluded in the 24-page
\nstatement for the prosecution replying to Suparmi's team of
\nlawyers' defense last Wednesday.<\/p>\n
On Oct. 2, a woman and her three children were found dead in
\ntheir home in Bambu Apus sub-district, East Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Four other suspects, three of which are minors, have been
\ndetained and are being processed in separate court hearings.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors demand that Suparmi and her husband Philipus be
\nsentenced to death. The minors are facing 18-year jail-terms
\neach.<\/p>\n
Hatta said that the team of prosecutors' indictment was based
\non legal evidence which proves that Suparmi is guilty of the
\nmurder charges.<\/p>\n
According to Hatta, Suparmi's lawyers focused their defense on
\ninformation revealed in court and the suspect's persistent denial
\nof her involvement instead of noting other witnesses' testimony,
\nevidence and clues.<\/p>\n
The discovery of blood stains on the suspects clothes and
\naround their house, the fingerprints of suspect Philipus on a
\nsheet of paper in Rohadi's house, and the tracking dog team which
\nheaded toward the suspects' house should not be ignored, Hatta
\nadded.<\/p>\n
Alibi<\/p>\n
Her alibi around 10 a.m. was not strong enough either, Hatta
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
"The suspect's statement that she returned home and watched a
\ntelevision series at 9 a.m. is irrelevant since the murder is
\nthought to have occurred around 10 a.m.," he added.<\/p>\n
A teacher of Gilang, one of the murdered children, had earlier
\ntold the court that Gilang left school at around 9:40 a.m. and
\nthat it would have taken him at least 20 minutes to get home.<\/p>\n
The court hearing was adjourned until Thursday to hear the
\nlawyers' final reply before the team of judges' ruling is
\nannounced. (14)<\/p>",
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