This week, the entire realm of media within Australia has been flooded with posts regarding the two Australian’s on death row due to the Bali 9 fiasco. 9 years ago, 9 Australian’s were convicted in bali for drug trafficking 8.3kg of herion, 7 were sentenced to life imprisonment, the ring-leaders, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were sentenced to execution, and on the 29th of April they’re lives ended by a firing gun squad. The huge argument behind this act was whether or not these two men deserved their sentence. Nonetheless, these men deserved to be punished for their act, this drug can cause ruthless effects and multiple deaths, however, they both participated in rehabilitation and were evident of improving their behaviour.

The hashtag #IStandForMercy sparked and began trending all over the multiple social networking platforms very quickly. This was a response by those who thought these men deserved to have their own lives, which I can agree with. The way in which the Bali legislation taunted and played with boys lives is completely unfair. If they were to execute them they should’t of waited 9 years to do so. These men had worked hard to change themselves, and apply to keep their lives to have it taken away from them. It was devastating to watch the families of Chan and Sukumaran plead for mercy and it was incredibly disappointing to see them be rejected.

There is now a big diversion between Bali and Australia and although these men did break the law, I stand for mercy for them, as their lives should not of been tormented for that long to have it taken away from then.