Discretionary Death Penalty for Convicted Drug Couriers in Singapore: Reflections on High Jurisprudence thus far

• Main Author: CHEN, Siyuan
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2015
• Subjects: Misuse of Drugs Act; presumption of innocence; discretionary death penalty; drug courier; sentencing guidelines; Asian Studies; Criminal Law
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/1358; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/3310/viewcontent/DiscretionaryDeathPenaltyDrugCouriersSingapore_2015.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

For decades, drug trafficking was a serious offence in Singapore potentially punishable by mandatory death. In 2012, Singapore’s Misuse of Drugs Act (MDA) was amended to give the courts sentencing discretion if the accused can first prove that he was merely a courier, and to better reflect the moral...