'No time limit for executions'

'No time limit for executions'

PALEMBANG, South Sumatra: An intelligence affairs assistant to
the attorney general, Patuan Siahaan, said in Palembang on
Saturday that there was no time limit set for the execution of
those who had been sentenced to death.

"Someone who is sentenced to death by the court can be
executed soon after his request for clemency has been rejected by
the president," he said.

Asked to comment on Jurit bin Abdullah, whose request for
clemency was rejected by President Megawati Soekarnoputri, Patuan
said his office would still give him the chance to seek other
legal means to avoid execution.

"We are giving Jurit and his family the chance to seek other
possible legal ways out because if he is executed, there will be
no more chances as it's impossible to bring the dead back to
life," he said.

Jurit was given the death sentence after being found guilty of
sadistically murdering a self-defense coach in 1997. --Antara