Eight convicts - two Australians, one from Brazil and four from Africa, as well as the Indonesian - were put to death on Nusakambangan Island.
However the Filipino, Mary Jane Veloso, was spared after someone suspected of recruiting her and tricking her into carrying drugs to Indonesia turned herself in to authorities in the Philippines.
Miracles do come true,her mother Celia, said that her daughter's two young boys were awake and yelling Yes, yes mama will live.
The Philippine government also expressed delight at the reprieve for Veloso, whose case attracted
emotive appeals for mercy from
boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao among others.
The Lord has answered our prayers,as activists holding a vigil in front of the Indonesian embassy in Manila broke into cheers and hugged each other.
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