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Changi Prison, where Singapore's death row is located Capital punishment in Singapore is a legal penalty. Executions in Singapore are carried out by long drop hanging, and usually take place at dawn. Thirty-three offences—including murder, drug trafficking, terrorism, use of firearms and kidnapping —warrant the death penalty under Singaporean law. In 2012, Singapore amended its laws to ...
Prisoners sentenced to death by Singapore (1 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Capital punishment in Singapore" The following 155 pages are in this category, out of 155 total.
2 December 2024: The case of a 30-year-old woman found dead in a flat along Dover Road was classified as murder by the Singapore police. A 34-year-old man, suspected of being involved in the murder, left Singapore prior to the police receiving a call for assistance. The suspect and the victim were known to each other.
The Supreme Court of Singapore, where all suspects in Singapore face trial for crimes that attract life imprisonment. Life imprisonment is a legal penalty in Singapore. This sentence is applicable for more than forty offences under Singapore law (including the Penal Code, the Kidnapping Act and Arms Offences Act), such as culpable homicide not amounting to murder, attempted murder (if hurt was ...
A judge in Singapore has sentenced a man to death via a Zoom video-call for his role in a drug deal, one of just two known cases where a capital punishment verdict has been delivered remotely.
The Ministries of Law and Home Affairs said that the death penalty is an effective deterrent when it comes to the most serious crimes, including the trafficking of significant quantities of drugs as well as crimes such as murder. [107] Number of judiciary hangings
Ng alone escaped from Singapore to Penang, where he was caught on 29 December 1993. On 15 September 1994, Ng was found guilty of illegally discharging a firearm under the amended Arms Offences Act, which mandated the death penalty for the crime Ng was convicted of. Ng lost his appeal against the death sentence and he was hanged on 14 July 1995.
Kanesan confessed to the murder, saying that he was angry with Shankar over spilled tea and wanted the death penalty after several suicide attempts. Kanesan (in remand for a sex crime) was charged with murder and, after a three-day trial, was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death on 27 February 2002. He was hanged on 10 January 2003.