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