article_snippet.sent: An initial appeal of the death penalty was rejected by the Bali high court in April of 2006 at a time when Australia's prime minister at the time, John Howard, refused to interfere.
article_snippet.sent: A second attempt, a time when Australia's prime minister at the time, John Howard, refused to interfere requesting for a judicial review in August 2010, were supported by prison officials who attested to A second attempt, this time requesting for a judicial review in August 2010 rehabilitation.
article_snippet.sent: Both judicial review requests were rejected by July 2011, leading the duo to appeal for presidential clemency from Indonesia's then President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in the following year.
article_snippet.sent: as both men had both men pleas reject by Joko Widodo, who was elected in July of 2014 and by December had announced his hard-line stance on drug smugglers.
article_snippet.sent: In the following months judicial reviews were rejected, legal appeals failed along with appeals against the refusal for clemency and prisoner swaps were refused as the men's lawyers mounted a new case in the Bali high court.
article_snippet.sent: The pleas of Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and the Grand Mufti of Australia,
article_snippet.sent: Dr Ibrahim Abu Mohamed, fell on deaf ears as Mr Widodo repeatedly made Dr Ibrahim Abu Mohamed stance on drug smugglers clear - there would be no mercy.