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Malaysian’s abolition of death penalty and the argument against it being a deterrence to crime

Back in mid October 2018, Malaysia’s de-facto Law Minister Liew Vui Keong…

Criminal Lawyers call on Law Ministry to abolish the Death Penalty and Decriminalize 377A and Euthanasia

During an interview with the Straits Times in December 2014, the late…

“President Halimah Yacob has breached due process in her handling of Prabu’s Clemency Petition” – Human Rights Lawyer

By M. Ravi I refer to the Malaysian Lawyer N. Surendran’s quote…

4 Executions in 48 Hours — Singapore’s “unprecedented and vicious” rampage

In a span of just 48 hours, no less than four men…

Two clemency petitions submitted to the Istana calling for Prabu N Pathmanathan’s imminent execution to be halted

Update (1.01pm on 26 October 2018) – TOC understands that the total…

4 executions set to take place within a span of 48 hours in Singapore — including one on Wednesday morning.

Update (1.01pm on 26 October 2018) – TOC understands that the total…

Criminal and Human Rights Lawyer Fined $6,000 for a Poem on Death Penalty that “Scandalised the Judicary”

By Ariffin Sha Mr Eugene Thuraisingam, a prominent criminal and human rights…

Singapore’s Apex Court: “Powerful Probability” of Miscarriage of Justice in Death Penalty Case

By Ariffin Sha In the latest twist to what has been, under…

No Innocent Explanation? – Death Row Inmate’s Lawyers use Evidence Adduced by the Prosecution to Seek Inmate’s Second Acquittal

By Ariffin Sha In a twist of Shakespearean proportions,  Mr Eugene Thuraisingam,…

The Case Against Prabgaran’s Execution; Are we 100% sure that this man is guilty?

Prabagaran, a 29 year-old Malaysian, is set to be hung at dawn…