HL what is your opinion on the Death Penalty? Is it right or wrong?

[newarkhiphop]

Am for it , espeically for serial killers, rapist and child molestors

Of course when due process has been done and there is no doubt of there guilt


Problem i have with it now is that even after these guys are found guilty there able to appeal and appeal

It should be your found guilty in today your dead by sunday

 

[Calmye]

Yes

your father shoulda jacked you in a sock

 

[Higher Tech]

Crime in Singapore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

it's an effective deterrent.

No it's not.

 

[Born2BKing]

I think it's crazy that one person could kill multiple people for shyts and giggles and get 20 to 30 years but another person commits a murder of passion and gets the death penalty.

 

[VerbalIntercourse]

No it's not.

Capital punishment in Singapore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Misuse of Drugs Act
The Singapore embarkation card contains a warning to visitors about the death penalty for drug trafficking. Warning signs can also be found at the Johor-Singapore Causeway and other border entries.

Under Schedule 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Act,[14][15] any person importing, exporting, or found in possession of more than the following quantities of drugs receives a mandatory death sentence:

1200 grammes of opium and containing more than 30 grammes of morphine (§5 and §7, (2)(b));
30 grammes of morphine (§5 and §7, (3)(b));
15 grammes of diamorphine (heroin) (diamo (§5 and §7, (4)(b));
30 grammes of cocaine (§5 and §7, (5)(b));
500 grammes of cannabis (§5 and §7, (6)(b));
1000 grammes of cannabis mixture (§5 and §7, (7)(b));
200 grammes of cannabis resin (§5 and §7, (8)(b));
250 grammes of methamphetamine (§5 and §7, (9)(b)).

Death sentences are also mandatory for any person caught manufacturing :

Morphine, or any salt of morphine, ester of morphine or salt of ester of morphine (§6, (2));
Diamorphine (heroin) or any salt of diamorphine (§6, (3));
Cocaine or any salt of cocaine (§6, (4));
Methamphetamine (§6, (5)).

Under the Act:

Drug Addiction and Rehabilitation in Draconian Singapore | James Goyder | Independent Editor's choice Blogs

“According to the 2008 World Drug Report by the United Nations office on drugs and crime 8.2% of the UK population are cannabis abusers; in Singapore it is 0.005%. For ecstasy, the figures are 1.8% for the UK and 0.003% for Singapore; and for opiates – such as heroin, opium and morphine – 0.9% for the UK and 0.005% for Singapore. We do not have traffickers pushing drugs openly in the streets, nor do we need to run needle exchange centres,” he said.

Singapore's policy keeps drugs at bay | Michael Teo | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

With all these efforts, Singapore has one of the lowest prevalence of drug abuse worldwide, even though it has not been entirely eliminated. Over two decades, the number of drug abusers arrested each year has declined by two-thirds, from over 6,000 in the early 1990s to about 2,000 last year. Fewer than two in 10 abusers released from prison or drug rehabilitation centres relapse within two years. We do not have traffickers pushing drugs openly in the streets, nor do we need to run needle exchange centres. Because of our strict laws, Singapore does not have to contend with major drug syndicates linked to organised crime, unlike some other countries.

Pot heads getting 5 years and beat with a stick? I'm all for it!

“Singapore is a bit different. The first time you are caught for drug consumption is one year, the second time is three years and the third time is five minimum with three strokes of the cane. Consumption just means that your urine has tested positive. They do pick up people randomly with a record of drugs offences so after you have served your sentence, you can be tested at any time,” he said.

 

[Higher Tech]

Capital punishment in Singapore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



Drug Addiction and Rehabilitation in Draconian Singapore | James Goyder | Independent Editor's choice Blogs



Singapore's policy keeps drugs at bay | Michael Teo | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk



Pot heads getting 5 years and beat with a stick? I'm all for it!

Oh yea, lets kill people for dope... Gotcha.

 

[Hawaiian Punch]

You know I have always wondered something, who was the richest person to be executed via death penalty?

I'm not against the death penalty, but I would love an answer

 

[Shogun]

I just got done watching an excellent documentary following the last days of several death row inmates. Listening to the stories and circumstances around their convictions I was a bit troubled. Texas seems to treat every case as black and white with no grey area. I'm interested in hearing some different point of views on the topic. The documentary is posted below, very compelling piece.
Texas Death Row - YouTube

i think its necessary...but neither right nor wrong

 

[jackswstd]

My opinion of it changed over the years. I mean people sentenced to death still get appeals that prolong the punishment for years. You have cases where it ends up they were wrongly convicted and it makes you think about how close someone got to being executed for a crime they didn't commit.

 

[Soymuscle Mike]

Even though I'm an atheist I'm against that shyt, it's cowardly.

 

[VerbalIntercourse]

Oh yea, lets kill people for dope... Gotcha.

the point is. The manditory harsh sentences for drug sales and drug use have severly deterred drug use in singapore.

you said it's not a deterrent and here is proof positive that it does works.

If you get caught smuggling drugs into Singapore you'll be put to death in three days. You're telling me that wouldn't think twice about commiting a drug crime there?

and to these people saying "what if an innocent person? Blah blah".

If there was a 1 to 10% error in the system, I could still sleep at night. It's the simply the cost of business. Think about how many lives could be saved by the deterrent effect. I'm not keen on these utilitarian/consequentialist arguments. I'll make an except in this case.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

I'm against it only because the justice system is flawed. The chance of executing a innocent man is to high, and there is too much disparity between cases. One dude will get the death penalty for killing someone during a robery and another dude will get life for raping and killing six women.

If they would standardize the requirements for the death penalty and always follow those rules i could get behind it.

 

[john goodman]

Killing people is wrong no matter what

 

[Po pimp]

Against it. It's an outdated ritual that goes back to when it was a spectacle. Plus, there are too many innocent people locked up to condone letting a death penalty continue.

However, if a person is truly a danger to society, and even their inmates, then yes, they should be executed.

 

[OsO]

the way its currently being used by society, definitely wrong.

in theory, not so wrong.