Lindsay Sandiford, 58, a British grandmother who now the last prisoner on death row on the island’s Kerobokan jail following the death of the Bali 9 that were executed in last week in Indonesia. The Indonesian Attorney General’s office has said that there will be no warning before the next round of executions and the timing will be kept secret and with no advance warning. Sandiford, was sentenced to death for smuggling cocaine in 2012.
In her own words, she said:
My execution is imminent and I know I might die at any time now. I could be taken tomorrow from my cell in Bali to Nusa Kambangan – the place they call Execution Island – and given 72 hours’ notice before I am put in front of a firing squad. I am now the only prisoner left on death row in Kerobokan and the Indonesian government says it wants to execute everyone given the death penalty for drug crimes before the end of 2015 – and that there will be no clemency.
The day of my death came closer on Wednesday with the execution in Nusa Kambangan of eight prisoners, including my dear friend Andrew Chan. Andrew had helped me through some dark times in Kerobokan after I was first given the death penalty.
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