But for the appeal to succeed, the Supreme Court would have to overturn its earlier decision upgrading their sentences to death.Fairfax journalist Mark Forbes reported in today's Sydney Morning Herald that the three judges who heard the appeal have prepared a report rejecting legal arguments used by convicted heroin traffickers Matthew Norman, Si Yi Chen and Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen.The newspaper said it had seen a copy of the report, which stated: "In our opinion the… [read post]

Four more Australians are now on death row in Indonesia, following Supreme Court appeal decisions overturning their prison sentences for heroin trafficking.The Sydney Morning Herald reported on Wednesday last week that Indonesia's Supreme Court had given the death penalty to Scott Rush, 20, Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen, 23, Si Yi Chen, 21, and Matthew Norman, 19.Sydney Morning Herald journalist Mark Forbes discovered the verdicts after conducting a search of court records. [read post]