A Briton could face the death penalty for drug trafficking in Bali after he and four others were arrested on the holiday island. The Bali Nine, arrested in 2005, sentenced to life imprisonment and death. He had faced court on the more severe charge of producing a narcotic, which carries the death penalty as its maximum, andthe alternative charge of using the drugs for himself, which carries a four-year maximum and the possibility of rehabilitation rather than jail. Indonesia's death penalty laws and how they are applied, including death row and execution numbers, death-eligible crimes, methods of execution, appeals and clemency, availability of lawyers, prison conditions, ratification of international instruments, and recent developments. Australian citizens Andrew Chan, Si Yi Chen, Michael Czugaj, Renae Lawrence, Tach Duc Thanh Nguyen, Matthew Norman, Scott Rush, Martin Stephens, and Myuran Sukumaran were involved in a scheme to smuggle 18 pounds of heroin to Australia.

Two Thai women convicted of smuggling methamphetamine into Bali have escaped a possible death sentence on the Indonesian holiday island after a court sentenced them to 16 years in jail. How is the death penalty carried out? This is how executions in Indonesia take place, according to the law, specifically regulated in Article 15 Perkapolri 12/2010: 1. BALI NINE kingpins Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran’s lies, arrogance and shameless cockiness with Indonesians earned them the death penalty they could have avoided, a new book claims. France and Australia have condemned the death penalty "in all circumstances", ... were arrested in Bali in 2005 for trying to smuggle more than 18lb (8.3kg) of heroin from Indonesia to Australia. Two Thai women convicted of smuggling methamphetamine into Bali have escaped a possible death sentence on the Indonesian holiday island after a court sentenced them to 16 years in jail. Ryan Scott Williams has apologised to a Bali court after being arrested earlier this year for allegedly cooking up his own cocaine.