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Unveiling Singapore’s Death Penalty Discourse: A Critical Analysis of Public Opinion and Deterrent Claims

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While Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) maintains a firm stance on the effectiveness of the death penalty in managing drug trafficking in Singapore, the article presents evidence suggesting that the methodologies and interpretations of these studies might not be as substantial as portrayed.

Iran: new hangings

July 1, 2009: Iran hanged six people for murder, and two others were spared by the families of their victims at the last minute.

The execution of a ninth convicted murderer, who was 16 at the time of his crime in 1992, was postponed on the order of judiciary chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi-Shahroudi, the Etemad newspaper said.

Etemad quoted a judge as saying some of the six people put to death in Tehran's Evin prison were convicted of killing their spouses, without giving other details on their crimes or their identities.

Source: Reuters, 02/07/2009

July 2, 2009: Six men were hanged in the prison of Qom, south of Tehran, reported the state run Iranian news agency Fars.

The men were identified as Ahmad T., Abolfazl B., Reza A., Mostafa F., Esmaeil R. and Mohammad Kh. and were all convicted of drug trafficking according to the report.

Source: IHR, 02/07/2009

July 1, 2009: Six persons who had demonstrated against the regime of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were reportedly hanged in Iran, reported the Jerusalem Post, based on a telephone call with a source in Tehran. The hanging would have taken place in Mashhad.

There was no independent confirmation of the report.

Sources: Jerusalem Post, 02/07/2009; AGI, 02/07/2009

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