Death row inmate in video plea could escape gallows, says lawyer

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There is precedent in the 2017 case of a Nigerian who escaped the gallows after his death sentence commuted to natural life imprisonment. FMTNews

B Anand Nambiar, in this screenshot from a video clip appealing the public to help him escape the gallows.

“He could file a motion in the Federal Court that keeping him on the death row for a long time is harsh and unusual sentence,” Syed Iskandar told FMT. The four were sentenced to death by hanging. They were also separately sentenced to 20 years’ jail for attempting to murder Heng’s friend, Chong Chiew Nam. The Federal Court upheld the decision in 2015.

 

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