SINGAPORE, Aug 7 — Singapore hanged a 59-year-old man today for drug trafficking, authorities said, the second execution in the city-state in less than a week. The United...
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The United Nations and rights groups say capital punishment has no proven deterrent effect and have called for it to be discontinued. Singaporean officials, however, insist it has helped make the country one of Asia’s safest. “He was accorded full due process under the law, and was represented by legal counsel throughout the process,” the CNB said.
Today’s execution brings to 19 the number of people hanged since Singapore resumed carrying out death sentences in March 2022, according to an AFP tally.
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