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"The fact that Indonesia for a long time refused to even acknowledge that there was a double standard in their insistence that Australia was infringing their sovereignty by appealing for clemency, while at the same time appealing for clemency for its own citizens facing the death penalty in other countries, that has been really quite damaging from Australia's point of view," he said.

After winning three delays since 2007, Davis lost his most realistic chance at last-minute clemency this week when the Georgia pardons board denied his request despite serious doubts about his guilt.

The unsuccessful political and diplomatic effort to appeal to new Indonesian president Joko Widodo has been intense, increasingly desperate, often "creative" but always couched in careful language of respect for Indonesia's sovereignty as hope remained that the president might grant clemency.

"We could see a really strongly critical statement from Abbott government, which points to serious flaws in judicial process and the failure of the Indonesian government and the president to properly consider the clemency cases," Fealy said.

Australian politicians mounted a strong bipartisan campaign against the executions of Chan and Sukumaran, pressing Indonesia for clemency through public and diplomatic channels.

Norris pulled out of the race in August after it emerged that he had written to the Israeli authorities pleading for clemency over a lover who had been convicted of statutory rape.

He is asking the state's board of pardons to reconsider its decision of last week not to grant clemency in this case; he has a habeas petition filed with Georgia's appeal court; and he is also asking the US supreme court to intervene to prevent its own 2002 ruling being flouted.

On Wednesday their lawyer Todung Mulya Lubis and human rights groups outlined a challenge before the constitutional court questioning President Joko Widodo's sweeping refusal to grant clemency to drug smugglers, including the 10 scheduled to be executed next, rather than assessing individual cases.

The clemency shown towards Bougherra is baffling though, after the defender twice pulled down the hand of the match referee as he issued cards.

Prosecutors have no doubt they charged the right person, and MacPhail's family lobbied the pardons board Monday to reject Davis's clemency appeal.

The proposals follow Indonesia's decision to proceed with the firing-squad execution of Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan on Wednesday, despite repeated appeals for clemency by the Australian government.