Quadruple killer executed<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Quadruple murderer, Turmudi bin Kasturi, has been executed in
\nJambi, the fifth death row prisoner to die by firing squad over
\nthe past year.<\/p>\n
Turmudi was executed 30 minutes before midnight on Friday in
\nPematang Lumut village, West Tanjung Jabung district, around 100
\nkilometers from the provincial capital of Jambi.<\/p>\n
Legal expert Tabrani M. Sholeh expressed regrets over the
\nexecution, the first in the province's history, saying Turmudi
\nwas just \"unlucky\" as the Supreme Court considers a proposal that
\nwould require an automatic review of any death sentence
\nverdict.<\/p>\n
It would be particularly for convicts who have been on death
\nrow for more than five years due to delayed requests for appeal
\nor clemency.<\/p>\n
\"Had the revision gone into effect before he was executed,
\nTurmudi would have a chance to still be alive,\" Tabrani said.<\/p>\n
Turmudi was sentenced to death eight years ago for killing his
\nfiance Suwarni, along with her mother Iyem, her brother Suwarman
\nand her niece Sri Wahyuni -- all with a sword.<\/p>\n
The murders took place after Turmudi became enraged by the
\ndiscovery of a letter that his fiance had apparently written to
\nanother man.<\/p>\n
Deputy chief of the Jambi prosecutor's office, Luhut Pakpahan,
\nsaid the execution was done after the convict exhausted all legal
\nefforts to seek leniency.<\/p>\n
Luhut said it was difficult for the Supreme Court to accept
\nhis appeal due to lack of legal grounds to convince the justices.<\/p>\n
Turmudi was buried in his home village in Sungai Lilin, Musi
\nBanyuasin regency in South Sumatra.<\/p>\n
Turmudi was the second convicted murder to be executed this
\nyear after a 49-year-old woman, Astini got the firing squad in
\nMarch. Astini was found guilty of murdering and mutilating three
\nwomen in Surabaya.<\/p>\n
Three foreigners were executed between August and October last
\nyear in Medan, North Sumatra -- all for drug trafficking.<\/p>\n
More people are expected to be executed in the near future, as
\nthere are dozens of convicts on death row at present, including
\nthree of the key operatives in the Bali terror attacks in 2002 --
\nAmrozi, Imam Samudra and Ali Imron.<\/p>\n
Other people in the country executed by firing squad include
\nHoesin Umar Bafari (1978), Henky Tupanwael and Kusni Kasdut
\n(1980), Adi Saputra (1993), Karta Cahyadi and Katjong Laranu
\n(1995), Gerson Pandie and Frederik Sori (2001).<\/p>",
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