2006-09-07 14:27:33 · 6 answers · asked by happyteague 3 in Family & Relationships ➔ Other - Family & Relationships
I just switched to australia with the flags at the bottom of the page, i thought it was gone but then i got on the news and they were showing how this lawyer was trying to save his client from it...sheesh harsh
2006-09-07 14:34:54 · update #1
I think you might've misread the discussion a little bit. The death penalty is no longer legally recorded on the statutes of Australia, or any current Commonwealth country, so firing squads are out of the question.
I think the people you are refering to, who are facing the firing squad is a group of Australian's arrested in Indonesia (in the Bali province) for drug smuggling. The death penalty is applied in Indonesia for drug smuggling.
2006-09-07 14:38:56 · answer #1 · answered by azza 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't appear to be true. I found this in Wikipedia, but be a good girl anyhow.
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Capital punishment:
The last use of the death penalty in Australia was in Victoria in 1967. Ronald Joseph Ryan was hanged at Pentridge Prison at 8:00 AM on February 3, 1967 for the murder of a prison guard, George Hodson.
Capital punishment was officially abolished throughout Australia by the Death Penalty Abolition Act 1973.
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2006-09-07 21:45:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
As an Aussie i can tell you that no it is not a form of punishment it doesnt happen at all unless people are heartless bastard and kill someone for the fun of it but no.
2006-09-07 22:22:38 · answer #3 · answered by Emma G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as a form of death,.
2006-09-07 21:28:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
wow, thats gotta hurt
2006-09-07 21:29:04 · answer #5 · answered by nw 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I don't believe so.
2006-09-07 21:29:20 · answer #6 · answered by Pantherempress 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋