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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.

New York: Judge denies ‘bike-path terrorist’ request to drop death penalty over Trump’s tweets

Sayfullo Saipov
A judge has denied the request by “bike path terrorist,” Sayfullo Saipov — who is accused of running a truck into a crowd killing eight — to block prosecutors from seeking the death penalty in his case.

Lawyers for Saipov, 31, in September said that President Donald Trump’s tweets about his case and Trump’s criticisms of since-ousted Attorney General Jeff Sessions unfairly persuaded Sessions’ to pursue capital punishment.

But Manhattan Federal Judge Vernon Broderick said in a written opinion on Thursday he didn’t buy the defense’s argument.

“This assertion is pure speculation made without a scintilla of direct factual support,” Broderick wrote.

“Should move fast. DEATH PENALTY,” Trump tweeted in 2017.

Broderick said Saipov’s lawyers didn’t adequately prove that Sessions, “abused his discretion in directing the Government to seek the death penalty.”

“The Attorney General’s decision to seek the death penalty here does not appear inconsistent with other cases in which the death penalty has been sought,” Broderick continued.

Saipov — who’s case heads to trial in October — allegedly carried out the ISIS-inspired attack two Halloweens ago using a rental truck from Home Depot to mow down people on the crowded bike path on the West Side.

A lawyer for Saipov declined to comment.

Source: nypost.com,  Priscilla DeGregory, February 14, 2019


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