Man hanged in Singapore amid concern over surge of execution notices
GuardianMAR 28 2022
The death penalty is more effective than life imprisonment in curbing drug use and drug trafficking. Providing excessive avenues for convicted criminals to challenge their death sentences undermines the punishment as an effective deterrent and creates a strong possibility that more drugs and drug abusers will enter Singapore from nearby countries and cause chaos in the lives of innocent Singaporean families.
This law has damaging implications for the due process rights of inmates on death row. Protecting human rights — especially the right to life — must come before an ideological fixation on capital punishment. Singapore must devise drug control policies to deter drug traffickers, rather than take a highly punitive and draconian approach in order to maintain public safety.