Brigadier J's Parents Response To Actions To Appeals Ferdy Sambo Cs: That's Right, We Price

Parents and attorneys Kamaruddin Simanjuntak (Rizky AP/VOI)

JAKARTA - Yosua's father alias Brigadier J, Samuel Hutabarat, spoke about Ferdy Sambo Cs' legal steps to appeal the verdict of the panel of judges. According to him, the legal appeal is the right of every citizen when he is not satisfied with the decision of the first-degree panel of judges. "Yes, that is one of the rights of the defendants, that is the right as a citizen to file an appeal. Actually, there are not only three stages of the appeal, we leave it to them. We appreciate what their rights are," Samuel told reporters, Friday, February 17. However, when asked about the hopes for the court apparatus that would later handle the appeal from Ferdy Sambo Cs, he was reluctant to comment. Samuel only emphasized that he fully left it to the panel of judges to decide the decision. "We don't want to precede the assembly, yes, it is the absolute right of the assembly. It is the prerogative of the judge to judge even though it is the appeal, the PK, and so on. We respect all of the judges' rights," said Samuel. For information, in the premeditated murder case of Brigadier J, the panel of judges has sentenced the defendants to be guilty. They were given different sanctions. Ferdy Sambo was sentenced to death. Then, Putri Candrawathi was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Meanwhile, Strong Ma'ruf was sentenced to 15 years in prison and Ricky Rizal Wibowo with 13 years in prison. However, the defendants did not accept the judge's decision. They compactly filed an appeal. Meanwhile, Richard totaling alias Bharada E was only sentenced to 1 year and 6 months in prison. The verdict has been signed because the public prosecutor's camp and the defendant did not file an appeal.