# singapore death penalty

'Alternative facts': Public opinion surveys on the death penalty for drug offences in selected Asian countries - PubMed » Public opinion surveys conducted in China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand suggest that the public knows little and has little interest in the death penalty. Although majoritarian, its support is based on a faulty understanding of key facts related to capital punishment, and an in … Pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

President Trump Is Officially Proposing That We Give Drug Traffickers the Death Penalty » His new opioid plan proposes it. Time.com

Stanford Law Professor Debunks Myth That The Death Penalty Deters Murder » In an op-ed for Newsweek , Stanford Law Professor John Donohue argues that there is "not the slightest credible statistical evidence that capital… Deathpenaltyinfo.org

Why Authoritarianism Isn’t The Way to Get Nice Things ❧ Current Affairs » <p>No, introducing Singapore-style canings is not going to make American public infrastructure stop sucking.</p> Currentaffairs.org

Singapore executes a woman for first time in almost two decades » Saridewi Djamani was handed a death penalty after being convicted of trafficking 30g of heroin in 2018 Theguardian.com

Death Penalty 2021: Facts and Figures » Global figures Amnesty International recorded 579 executions in 18 countries in 2021, an increase of 20% from the 483 recorded in 2020. This figure represents the second lowest number of executions recorded by Amnesty International since at least 2010. Most known executions took place in China, Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Syria – in that order. China remained the world’s leading executioner – but […] Amnesty.org

Singapore hangs 2nd citizen in 3 weeks for trafficking cannabis despite calls to halt executions » KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Singapore on Wednesday hanged another citizen for trafficking cannabis, the second in three weeks, as it clung firmly to the death penalty despite growing calls for the city-state to halt drug-related executions. Apnews.com

Singapore faces criticism for use of death penalty and allegations about prisoner treatment » In April, 46-year-old Tangaraju Suppiah was executed by the Singaporean authorities after being found guilty of conspiring to smuggle cannabis. In 2022, all 11 people executed in Singapore had also been convicted of drug-related charges. However, the IBA’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) says that drug-related crimes don’t ‘meet the threshold of “the most serious crimes” for which death sentences may be imposed under Article 6(2) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights’. Ibanet.org