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Sleep Tight Angel by Lucy Gallant (Free Like Me)
I wrote this song for Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran. As they await to be executed by firing squad along with 9 other people. I can not even imagine the pain and suffering these guys and their families are going through! Waiting in isolation until they get 72 hours notice to die. The worst part is that Both men have fully rehabilitated in the 10 years they have spent in Jail. The prison governor has described Chan and Sukumaran as model prisoners and testified in court that they should not be executed because of the positive influence they have had. In an interview the governor stated that "Chan organises courses in prison, leads the English-language church service and is a mentor to many.

Chan became a Christian while in prison and leads the English language Christian church service. In reconciling his death sentence with his faith in God, Chan said

Sukumaran teaches English, computer, graphic design and philosophy classes to prisoners. He was instrumental in opening up a computer and art room and also pushed unsuccessfully for an accountancy and law course to be set up. He is doing a fine arts degree by correspondence with Curtin University. He also started a business which sells artworks and a clothing brand called Kingpin Clothing.
Death sentences in Indonesia are carried out by a firing squad of 12 gunmen. Prisoners are given a choice of whether to stand or sit and whether to have their eyes covered, by a blindfold or hood. Three rifles are loaded with live ammunition, while the other nine are loaded with blanks. Prisoners are then fired on from 5-10 metres.

The death penalty is a violent and inhumane punishment that has no place in today’s criminal justice system.

Evidence from around the world has shown that the death penalty does not work to deter crimes. State sanctioned killing only serves to endorse the use of force and to continue the cycle of violence.

140 countries have now abolished the death penalty. Indonesia has the opportunity to become the 141st country.

Please, urge the Indonesian authorities to halt plans to execute the death row prisoners and to establish a moratorium on all executions with a view to ending the death penalty for good.