article_snippet.sent: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott called the executions "cruel and unnecessary" because both men, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, had been "fully rehabilitated" during a decade in prison.
article_snippet.sent: The executions of Sukumaran and Chan came despite the fact that both this week received a court date of May 12 to hear an outstanding legal challenge.
article_snippet.sent: However, before The executions of Sukumaran and Chan, Indonesia insisted that all legal avenues had closed.
article_snippet.sent: Under Indonesian law, the death penalty is carried out by a 12-man firing squad, although only three guns are loaded with live ammunition.
article_snippet.sent: The shots -- aimed at the heart -- are fired from between 5 and 10 meters (16 to 33 feet), according to Amnesty International.
article_snippet.sent: After The executions of Sukumaran and Chan, the rights group released a statement condemning the rights group as "reprehensible" and issue fresh calls for a moratorium on the death penalty.
article_snippet.sent: The Indonesian government didn't confirm until late Tuesday that the executions were to go ahead.
highlights_snippet.sent: Indonesia executed eight death row inmates early Wednesday .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Australian PM calls executions "cruel and unnecessary" 