News (Media Awareness Project) - Singapore: Singapore Executes Most |
| Title: | Singapore: Singapore Executes Most |
| Published On: | 2004-01-15 |
| Source: | Winnipeg Sun (CN MB) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-01-19 00:20:43 |
SINGAPORE EXECUTES MOST
SINGAPORE -- Singapore has the highest execution rate in the world
relative to its population, outstripping China, Saudi Arabia and
Sierra Leone, Amnesty International said in a report released today.
More than 400 prisoners have been hanged since 1991 in the Southeast
Asian city-state of four million people, the London-based rights
organization said in a report.
The government says it needs the death penalty to deter drug addiction
and violent crime.
Singapore drug laws are among the world's toughest. Anyone caught with
more than 14 grams of heroin or more than 482 grams of marijuana is
presumed to be trafficking and faces a mandatory death sentence.
Singapore had the highest per capita execution rate between 1994 and
1999, with about 13.6 executions for every million people, according
to the latest UN report on capital punishment.
SINGAPORE -- Singapore has the highest execution rate in the world
relative to its population, outstripping China, Saudi Arabia and
Sierra Leone, Amnesty International said in a report released today.
More than 400 prisoners have been hanged since 1991 in the Southeast
Asian city-state of four million people, the London-based rights
organization said in a report.
The government says it needs the death penalty to deter drug addiction
and violent crime.
Singapore drug laws are among the world's toughest. Anyone caught with
more than 14 grams of heroin or more than 482 grams of marijuana is
presumed to be trafficking and faces a mandatory death sentence.
Singapore had the highest per capita execution rate between 1994 and
1999, with about 13.6 executions for every million people, according
to the latest UN report on capital punishment.
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