• wurzelgummidge@lemmy.world
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        No they are not they use it for drug trafficking and murder cases. That doesn’t mean I approve of it, I deplore it.

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            That’s not the death penalty and they didn’t make an argument. They were stating a fact.

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                IMO as an outsider Singapore is less fucked up than America. It’s got some rough edges for sure though lol.

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            1 year ago

            Not sure where you got this from, but this isn’t true. Chewing gum is NOT illegal in Singapore; you can keep them for your own consumption. You just cannot sell chewing gum in Singapore.

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      Some crimes are so heinous and intrinsically evil that I believe we as society shouldn’t take the burden of keeping those people alive just for the sake of it. I believe that in those very limited cases, death penalty should be allowed.

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        The problem is that you will 100% kill innocent people. And there is no way to reverse it later on…

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        I agree death penality itself has its uses e.g. prosecution of war criminals, rebel leaders, druglords and I think corrupt officials in some cases. It should be applied to those who despite being behind bars would continue to influence outside causing more death or downfall of a nation if they remain alive. Though for this case just for carrying heroine I don’t think that should be a death sentence it is just stupid an outdated way of control. Though problem with death sentence sometimes it becomes a hammer and when it becomes a hammer everything becomes a nail. It should only be a last resort.

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        This should only be used for cases where there is 100% of evidence that the person is guilty (eg: tool box killers, Breivik, mass murderers, etc)

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      Most people would rather be hanged than go to prison if they truly knew what was being done behind closed doors in the name of being humane.