April 24, 2005

Shanmugam Murugesu

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serialdeviant said:

Does Singapore needs to reform its policy on the death penalty? Hell yes. Is he the best person to be the poster boy for the ills of the system? No. He is guilty of the crime, there’s no frame-up, there’s no mistaken identity here. He doesn’t have a legal leg to stand on. True, he has young kids who will practically be orphans if he is executed, but he should’ve thought of that before he agreed to smuggle the drugs.

[Ed: Agree? Disagree?]

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Submitted by jseng on April 24//3:42am :: 3856 reads | trackback
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And to actually add some substance to my last comment. I instinctively do not support the death penalty, but that doesn't mean I oppose it wholeheartedly. I do agree that the Singapore government is awfully opaque about it, as well as vey cold. But it's not a topic to be warm and Hallmark-y about.

Posted by andrea* on 25 April, 2005 - 6:33pm