Bali Bomber Trial: Amrozi Sentenced to Death
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: "The Smiling Bomber" has been sentenced to death. Amrozi bin Nurhasyim was found guilty in the deadly Bali nightclub bombing that killed more than 200 people last October. Maria Ressa joins us live from Bali with details. And I understand when the verdict came down he gave a thumbs up and smiled again.</s>MARIA RESSA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Absolutely. Staying true to form, Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, 41 years old, has earned the nickname of 'The Smiling Bomber," "The Laughing Bomber," and also earned the anger of a lot of the victims and the relatives, many of whom were here to watch that verdict handed down. It was greeted with a round of applause. His lawyers say they will appeal. He says he does not want to do that because he will accept capital punishment at death as a martyr's suicide, part of his jihad against the West. Back to you.</s>COSTELLO: All right. We know that yesterday there was that bombing in Jakarta. What is the mood like around Indonesia now that this verdict has come down?</s>RESSA: Extremely tense. Perhaps this is part of one of the times when I've -- the security level, threat level is at its highest since the Bali blast, basically since Indonesia admitted to the presence of Jemaah Islamiyah, al Qaeda's network in Southeast Asia. As you said, it comes two days after the Jakarta bombing, the JVV Marriott bombing in Jakarta. And now that the verdict has come down, it sets the tone for Indonesia's stand against radical Islam, against extremist groups like Jemaah Islamiyah and men like Amrozi who are willing to take terrorist actions for their beliefs. One of the women we spoke with here who lost her husband in the Bali bombing said that she hopes that this verdict sets the trend for all the other Bali bombers on trial now.</s>COSTELLO: Maria Ressa reporting live from Bali, Indonesia for us this morning. TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com