Singapore death penalty

The plight of Tangaraju Suppiah has attracted vocal international support, but a shift in policy from the city-state is unlikely.

Critics say that Singapore's death penalty has mostly snared low-level mules and done little to stop drug traffickers and organized syndicates.

M. Ravi has been barred from practicing law for five years for accusing the attorney-general of being "overzealous" in his prosecution of a death row client.

"The more I learn about the death penalty... the more I am convinced that it’s a brutal injustice that has no place in any society."

The 72-year-old, a longtime anti-death penalty campaigner, instead called for "a constructive, lasting dialogue involving multiple stakeholders."

Kalwant Singh and Norasharee bin Gous are scheduled to be executed tomorrow, part of a "new wave” of hangings in the city-state.

The reprieve came a day after the execution of another Malaysian man in a high-profile death row case.

A Singaporean court rejected a raft of appeals claiming that Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam had an intellectual disability and was coerced into carrying drugs.

The hanging of Abdul Kahar Othman has raised activists' concerns of an impending “surge in execution notices.”

Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam has been on death row since 2010 for drug smuggling. Activists say his execution would be “incredibly excessive.”

The region remains a global outlier in terms of the use of capital punishment.