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MicroWave Jul 28, 2023

Singapore hangs first woman in 19 years after she was convicted of trafficking 31 grams of heroin

Singapore hangs first woman in 19 years after she was convicted of trafficking 31 grams of heroin - Lemmy.world

Singapore conducted its first execution of a woman in 19 years on Friday and its second hanging this week for drug trafficking despite calls for the city-state to cease capital punishment for drug-related crimes.

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panCat Jul 28, 2023

31 grams , are they serious ? Are there no other crimes in singapore now ?

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barnsbauer Jul 28, 2023

31 grams of pure heroin. I think it’s worth mentioning.

While Singapore has doled severe punishments for possession of paltry amounts of cannabis in the past, the drug in this particular case is incomparable to weed.

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monobot

I agree that heroin trafficking is serious offence and requires adequate punishment, but killing someone over it is too much. There are far worser crimes than this, are they killing all of those offenders.