Strong, growing support for death penalty reflected in surveys of Singapore, neighbouring countries: Shanmugam

Strong, growing support for death penalty reflected in surveys of Singapore, neighbouring countries: Shanmugam

Nearly 77 per cent of survey respondents agreed that the death penalty should be used for the most serious crimes — up from almost 74 per cent two years back. A similar proportion — 86 per cent — believed that the death penalty makes people not want to commit serious crimes in Singapore. Mr Shanmugam said the high levels of support were due to Singaporeans' trust in the government to do the right thing, and do right by Singapore.

“The vast majority of Singaporeans know and understand the facts and reality, and why the government says the death penalty is necessary," said Mr Shanmugam.In his speech, Mr Shanmugam described anti-death penalty activists as making “baseless allegations, one-sided claims and half-truths”. Some of the activists have also helped to file"unmeritorious" legal applications on behalf of convicted drug traffickers, often at the last minute, said Mr Shanmugam.

In November 2022, parliament passed the Post-Appeal Applications in Capital Cases Bill to provide a clear process for such applications. Mr Pillai added that Singapore seems to be “set aside” at international conferences for its anti-drug stance, recalling how he was referred to as having “outlier arguments” during a symposium.

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