Just because it is law, does not make it morally just.

For instance, Hitlers law

was to exterminate the Jewsshould we have supported this legislation?

In the case of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran the prevalence of law and
moral justice were as doomed as the houses of the Capulets and the Montagues.
For the reasons of so called justice, which is filtered and selective in influence
by the media, alongside international public opinion and the laws dictated by
Indonesian and Australian Governments.
Public opinion could swing between polar opposite beliefs, often lingering in the
grey area in between. Though it was clear through the media there was only one
side of the case needed to be seen. Which was that the two Australian Bali 9
ringleaders were heroic men of change who deserved their chance at life. For
many this was a common belief, fair enough, when they considered all sides of
story, acknowledging their past crimes of almost a decade ago. It cant be helped
however that a portion of public are just as firmly supportive of the Indonesian
Government, more specifically of President Joko Widodo, who stood by his
nations laws and went ahead with the execution.
Where I personally stand and where many members of the public share my view,
is that the events that unfolded prior the pre-dawn execution on April 29 th were
unjust by morale and cruel in effectivity. My belief is that the two Australian men
should have been executed at the time of their first trial, if they were to be
executed at all. Instead of having the time to accept their mistakes and come to
peace with their new lives only to have it ripped out from under them. For me
that was where moral justice could have, and should have been addressed. As
opposed to the dogs breakfast the mens retrial became without taking into
consideration the hugely effective rehabilitation they undertook or the sheer
duration of time between trials. I understand that Andrew Chan and Myuran
Sukumaran broke the law, Indonesian law, however when they were promised
clemency for a life sentence, that was how the sentence should have stayed.
They made their bed by attempting to smuggle drugs into Australia knowing the
consequences and they lay in it for 10 years coming to peace with their lives.
However lying in that bed does not mean having a third party make a noose
from the sheets to commit an excuse for justice whenever it pleased them.
This is an example where a gross miscarriage of justice has excelled due to the
law dictating right from wrong and in every individuals case. Moral justice
would have included their life sentence staying a life sentence, where the men
can build a life for themselves giving back to the people as the media would
often say.