Singapore to execute woman on drugs charge for the first time in 20 years

Re:Singapore to execute woman on drugs charge for the first ... by CoastalCoder on Thursday July 27, 2023 @10:31AM (#36894172)

This is my view as well.

My main reservation is that, at least in the US, we've had a problem with executing people who may have been innocent.

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Re:Singapore to execute woman on drugs charge for the first ... by rented_mule on Thursday July 27, 2023 @11:33AM (#36895116)

Is it possible for any justice system to be free of corruption and infallible in identifying guilt? If not, innocent people will be executed.

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Re:Singapore to execute woman on drugs charge for the first ... by CoastalCoder on Thursday July 27, 2023 @11:42AM (#36895262)

I agree. On my view, it's ultimately a quantitative question.

E.g., if we had a system where 1 unjust execution avoided 1 million being killed by drunk drivers, I'd chose the unjust execution. But if those numbers were reversed, I wouldn't.

But if I'm being honest, I can't justify why someone should prefer my ethical framework over some other. So I'm not sure my opinion means much in the end.

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Re:Singapore to execute woman on drugs charge for the first ... by axdx on Thursday July 27, 2023 @11:26PM (#36902846)

Innocent people do get sentenced to imprisonment. There is one incident that I can remember from the recent past. This individual was fortunate to get her conviction overturned by a pro-bono lawyer's efforts.

https://www.home.org.sg/our-updates/2020/9/7/parti-liyani-an...

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Re:Singapore to execute woman on drugs charge for the first ... by foogazi on Thursday July 27, 2023 @12:04PM (#36895649)

> at least in the US, we've had a problem with executing people who may have been innocent.

thankfully Singapore doesn’t have this problem /s

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