No Mercy

Supporters of Australians on death row in Indonesia Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran participate in a candlelight vigil at Martin Place in Sydney on April 28, 2015. About 300 supporters gathered to hold a vigil ahead of the imminent executions, calling for Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo to show mercy to the convicted drug smugglers. The mother of an Australian drug trafficker on death row in Indonesia said Tuesday he would be executed by firing squad at midnight (1700 GMT). (AFP Photo/Saeed Khan)

A supporter of Australians on death row in Indonesia Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran holds a portrait of Andrew Chan as she participates in a vigil at Martin Place in Sydney on April 28, 2015. About 300 supporters gathered to hold a vigil ahead of the imminent executions, calling for Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo to show mercy to the convicted drug smugglers. The mother of an Australian drug trafficker on death row in Indonesia said Tuesday he would be executed by firing squad at midnight (1700 GMT). (AFP Photo/Saeed Khan)

A protester displays a placard that reads “‘death row is a murder and death penalty is not justice” during an anti-death penalty rally in front of the palace in Jakarta on April 28, 2015. The families of two Australian convicts facing execution in Indonesia paid an anguished final visit to their loved ones, wailing in grief as ambulances carrying empty white coffins arrived at their prison. (AFP Photo/Bay Ismoyo)

An Indonesian activist carries a placard reading ‘Jokowi (Indonesian President Joko Widodo) is not God’ during a protest against death penalty outside the attorney general office in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 28, 2015. A group of convicted drug-traffickers in Indonesia, has been informed that they will be executed in the next few days, the attorney general’s spokesman Tony Spontana said. (EPA Photo/Mast Irham)

A supporter of Australians on death row in Indonesia Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran participates in a vigil at Martin Place in Sydney on April 28, 2015. About 300 supporters gathered to hold a vigil ahead of the imminent executions, calling for Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo to show mercy to the convicted drug smugglers. The mother of an Australian drug trafficker on death row in Indonesia said Tuesday he would be executed by firing squad at midnight (1700 GMT). (AFP Photo/Saeed Khan)

Chintu Sukumaran, brother of Australian death row prisoner Myuran Sukumaran, carries a self-portrait painted by Myuran Sukumaran at Wijayapura port in Cilacap, Central Java, Indonesia, April 28, 2015. Australian death row inmate, Myuran Sukumaran, will be executed by an Indonesian firing squad at midnight for drug trafficking, his mother said on Tuesday. (Reuters Photo/Beawiharta)

Mark Darren, the son of Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipino facing execution, is seen inside a car as it enters Wijayapura port, headed to the prison island of Nusa Kambangan in Cilacap, Central Java island, Indonesia, April 28, 2015. Nine drug traffickers were being held in isolation cells at an Indonesian maximum security prison awaiting execution by firing squad, after Indonesian authorities notified them they had no hope of reprieve. (Reuters Photo/Beawiharta)

Relatives display recent paintings done in prison by Australian drug convict and death row prisoner Myuran Sukumaran at the Nusakambangan port in Cilacap across from the Nusakambangan maximum security prison island on April 28, 2015. The families of two Australian convicts facing execution in Indonesia paid an anguished final visit to their loved ones, wailing in grief as ambulances carrying empty white coffins arrived at their prison. (AFP Photo/Romeo Gacad)

Brintha Sukumaran, right, sister of Australian drug convict and death row prisoner Myuran Sukumaran, reacts as she holds on to her brother Chinthu Sukumaran (L) as they give statements to journalists in Cilacap following their final visit to Nusakambangan maximum security prison island on April 28, 2015. Indonesia made final preparations April 28 to execute eight foreigners by firing squad, as family members wailed in grief during last visits to their loved ones and ambulances carrying white coffins arrived at the drug convicts’ prison. (AFP Photo/Nick Perry)

Raji Sukumaran, left, and Sam Sukumaran, right, the parents of Australian drug convict and death row prisoner Myuran Sukumaran, reacts as they give statements to journalists in Cilacap following their final visit to Nusakambangan maximum security prison island on April 28, 2015. Indonesia made final preparations April 28 to execute eight foreigners by firing squad, as family members wailed in grief during last visits to their loved ones and ambulances carrying white coffins arrived at the drug convicts’ prison. (AFP Photo/Nick Perry)

Helen Chan, right, the mother of Australian drug convict and death row prisoner Andrew Chan, breaks down after arriving at Nusakambangan port in Cilalcap on April 28, 2015. Australia urged Indonesia on April 27 to delay the execution of two men for drug offences until a corruption probe into their case is complete, after a report that judges sought tens of thousands of dollars in bribes. (AFP Photo/Romeo Gacad)

Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo, left, and Philippines’ President Benigno Aquino III attend the opening ceremony of the 26th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, April 27, 2015. Malaysia is hosting the summit from April 26 to 27, 2015 in Kuala Lumpur and Langkawi. (Reuters Photo/Olivia Harris)

Indonesia’s Attorney General Muhammad Prasetyo speaks to journalists about the upcoming executions at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia April 28, 2015. Nine drug traffickers that included two Australians, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran who were both named as ringleaders of the ‘Bali Nine’ drug-smuggling group, met their families for what could be the final time at an Indonesian maximum security prison on Tuesday, after Jakarta rejected international pleas for clemency and ordered their mass execution to proceed, possibly within hours. (Reuters Photo/Darren Whiteside)

An ambulance bearing the name of Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipino facing execution, enters Wijayapura port as it heads to the prison island of Nusa Kambangan in Cilacap, Central Java island, Indonesia, April 28, 2015. Nine drug traffickers were being held in isolation cells at an Indonesian maximum security prison awaiting execution by firing squad, after Indonesian authorities notified them they had no hope of reprieve. (Reuters Photo/Beawiharta)

Indonesian mobile brigade police team who also believe as an executor team for death-row prisoners on a boat as they head to Nusakambangan Island of prison at Wijayapura port, in Cilacap, Indonesia, 28 April 2015. International pressure was increasing for Indonesia’s president to stop the imminent execution of up to 10 drug convicts, including nine foreigners. Consular officials were rushing to Nusakambangan, the prison island off Java where the inmates are to be executed, after the Attorney General’s office said on 24 April it had ordered final preparations the executions (EPA Photo/Adi Weda)

An Indonesian church caretaker prepares a cross for Filipina Mary Jane Veloso (R) and other condemned drug convicts in Cilacap on April 28, 2015, ahead of their imminent execution at the Nusakambangan maximum security prison island. Indonesia made final preparations April 28 to execute eight foreigners by firing squad, as family members wailed in grief during last visits to their loved ones and ambulances carrying white coffins arrived at the drug convicts’ prison. (AFP Photo/Azka)

A caretaker handles crosses for condemned drug convicts following their completion at a church in Cilacap on April 28, 2015, ahead of the convicts’ imminent execution at the Nusakambangan maximum security prison island. Indonesia made final preparations April 28 to execute eight foreigners by firing squad, as family members wailed in grief during last visits to their loved ones and ambulances carrying white coffins arrived at the drug convicts’ prison. (AFP Photo/Azka)

Activists hold a protest against death penalty in front of Presidential Palace, Jakarta, April 28, 2015. (Antara Photo/Muhammad Adimaja)

Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo talks on a mobile phone following a ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia April 28, 2015.
(Reuters Photo/Darren Whiteside)

Roman Catholic priest Charlie Burrows, left, spritual adviser of Brazilian drug convict and death row prisoner Rodrigo Gularte, waits beside Indonesian police security for a ferry to carry officials and representatives from families of nine drug convicts and death row prisoners from the Nusakambangan port to the Nusakambangan maximum security prison island on April 28, 2015, ahead of the planned execution of the convicts. Indonesia geared up to execute eight foreign drug convicts by firing squad after midnight April 28, despite a firestorm of international criticism and heartrending last-ditch pleas by the condemned prisoners’ families. (AFP Photo/Romeo Gacad)

A police car escorts an ambulance carrying a coffin bearing the body of one of the eight drug convicts exiting Nusakambangan port in Cilacap after execution of eight drug convicts, including two Australians at Nusakambangan maximum security prison island on April 29, 2015. Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipina drug convict, was reprieved at the 11th hour after facing execution in Indonesia while seven other foreigners and one Indonesian man were executed early April 29 for drug offences after Indonesia defied international criticism and heartrending pleas from relatives. (AFP Photo/Romeo Gacad)

A police car escorts an ambulance carrying a coffin bearing the body of one of the eight drug convicts exiting Nusakambangan port in Cilacap after execution of eight drug convicts, including two Australians at Nusakambangan maximum security prison island on April 29, 2015. Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipina drug convict, was reprieved at the 11th hour after facing execution in Indonesia while seven other foreigners and one Indonesian man were executed early April 29 for drug offences after Indonesia defied international criticism and heartrending pleas from relatives (AFP Photo/Romeo Gacad)

An ambulance carrying the coffin bearing the body of an executed drug convict exits Nusakambangan port in Cilacap after the execution of eight drug convicts, including two Australians, at Nusakambangan maximum security prison island on April 29, 2015. Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipina drug convict, was reprieved at the 11th hour after facing execution in Indonesia while seven other foreigners and one Indonesian man were executed early April 29 for drug offences on a prison island after Indonesia defied international criticism and heartrending pleas from relatives. (AFP Photo/Romeo Gacad)

A coffin bearing the body of one of the seven executed drug convicts is carried in an ambulance escorted by an unidentified woman as it arrives in Nusakambangan port in Cilacap after the executions at Nusakambangan maximum security prison island on April 29, 2015. Indonesia on April 29 executed seven foreign drug convicts by firing squad despite a storm of international anger, reports said, but a Filipina was spared at the 11th hour. (AFP Photo/Romeo Gacad)

A coffin bearing the body of Indonesian drug convict Zainal Abidin is buried in Cilacap on April 29, 2015. Eight drug convicts including two Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were executed by firing squad on April 29 on the high-security prison island of Nusakambangan in central Indonesia, but a Filipina was spared at the 11th hour. (AFP Photo/Romeo Gacad)
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