Capital Punishment
The case of the murder of HuangNa has been widely publicized these 2 days as the appeal of Ah Hao in regards to the death sentence is overuled, 2 votes to 1. His only chance left to revert the death sentence is the President's clemency. The views on the ground has that the evidence submitted by the prosecution is not able to fully substantiate the charge of murder and the suspect should be given the benefit of doubt in this case and thus not to be convicted.
Grant of pardon, etc. 22P: (1) The President, as occasion shall arise, may, on the advice of the Cabinet ?(2) Where any offender has been condemned to death by the sentence of any court and in the event of an appeal such sentence has been confirmed by the appellate court, the President shall cause the reports which are made to him by the Judge who tried the case and the Chief Justice or other presiding Judge of the appellate court to be forwarded to the Attorney-General with instructions that, after the Attorney-General has given his opinion thereon, the reports shall be sent, together with the Attorney-General’s opinion, to the Cabinet so that the Cabinet may advise the President on the exercise of the power conferred on him by clause (1).
In the light of the upcoming General Elections, the decision made by the President, on the advice of the cabinet, might be a crucial or critical one. The president himself is nonpartisan without a doubt. The cabinet consists of a single party majority. Enough said. Period. The recent execution of Austrailian Van Nguyen has resulted in much political discourse between Singapore and Australia following a rejection for a plead for clemency. It has created much uproar amongst nations that had abolished Capital punishment. Demostrations were staged. These are things we know not, for our protected media reported just enough to amuse us in our own ignorance.
In our 40years of independence, only 6 convicts have been granted clemency from the President. The last one in 1998. Singapore is believed to have the world's highest per capita execution rate, relative to its population. According to the UN Secretary-General's quinquennial report on capital punishment, for the period 1994 to 1999 Singapore had a rate of 13.57 executions per one million population, representing by far the highest rate of executions in the world.
Is capital punishment really neccessary to curb crime rates? Then what about the 112 countries whom had already abolished the system, with an average of 3 countries each year joining them. From 3rd world to 1st, we are indeeding moving into a gracious and open society and the most unforgiving society with the highest executions rate in the world (Jack Neo's movie "One more chance" hasn't make a impact yet). We have come so far to become the laughing stock of the others (read beyond our very own newpapers and you wont be surprised at all) but yet holding on to the mentality that we are the best. What a joke!?
Grant of pardon, etc. 22P: (1) The President, as occasion shall arise, may, on the advice of the Cabinet ?(2) Where any offender has been condemned to death by the sentence of any court and in the event of an appeal such sentence has been confirmed by the appellate court, the President shall cause the reports which are made to him by the Judge who tried the case and the Chief Justice or other presiding Judge of the appellate court to be forwarded to the Attorney-General with instructions that, after the Attorney-General has given his opinion thereon, the reports shall be sent, together with the Attorney-General’s opinion, to the Cabinet so that the Cabinet may advise the President on the exercise of the power conferred on him by clause (1).
In the light of the upcoming General Elections, the decision made by the President, on the advice of the cabinet, might be a crucial or critical one. The president himself is nonpartisan without a doubt. The cabinet consists of a single party majority. Enough said. Period. The recent execution of Austrailian Van Nguyen has resulted in much political discourse between Singapore and Australia following a rejection for a plead for clemency. It has created much uproar amongst nations that had abolished Capital punishment. Demostrations were staged. These are things we know not, for our protected media reported just enough to amuse us in our own ignorance.
In our 40years of independence, only 6 convicts have been granted clemency from the President. The last one in 1998. Singapore is believed to have the world's highest per capita execution rate, relative to its population. According to the UN Secretary-General's quinquennial report on capital punishment, for the period 1994 to 1999 Singapore had a rate of 13.57 executions per one million population, representing by far the highest rate of executions in the world.
Is capital punishment really neccessary to curb crime rates? Then what about the 112 countries whom had already abolished the system, with an average of 3 countries each year joining them. From 3rd world to 1st, we are indeeding moving into a gracious and open society and the most unforgiving society with the highest executions rate in the world (Jack Neo's movie "One more chance" hasn't make a impact yet). We have come so far to become the laughing stock of the others (read beyond our very own newpapers and you wont be surprised at all) but yet holding on to the mentality that we are the best. What a joke!?
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