12 year old Jessica Larter has a message for the Indonesian President.

With the execution of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran seemingly imminent, a 12 year old year 7 student has written a letter to the Indonesian President, Joko Widodo, asking him to spare the lives of the two men.

In a remarkably articulate and heartfelt letter, Jessica notes that Chan and Sukumaran have not just been sitting in their cells: they have actively been helping people to turn away from drugs. And Jessica knows what it takes to crack down – she recently busted some students smoking and is now raising money for a smoke detector in the toilets at her school.

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But most profoundly, she points out how Australian’s perception of Indonesia might be transformed by a reprieve:

Jessica gets it.

Read the rest of her beautiful letter here.