Unpardonable Acts
President Megawati has rejected requests for clemency from six death row inmates. Does this dampen the hopes for freedom of other condemned prisoners?
February 11, 2003
Meirika Franola dreams of freedom. She has changed the words of her favorite song, Only a Dream by pop-star Oppie Andaresta, to "If only I could be free " On February 6, Franola sang her favourite song at the Tangerang Women's Correctional Institution, accompanied this time by Andaresta, who was visiting the prison for a campaign to highlight the dangers of HIV/AIDS.
For Franola, her wish for freedom may turn out indeed to be "only a drea
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