Malaysia ends mandatory death penalty for serious crimes

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There has been a moratorium on executions in Malaysia since 2018

 

By Nicholas Yong
BBC News, Singapore

Malaysia's parliament has voted to remove the country's mandatory death penalty, potentially sparing more than 1,300 prisoners on death row.

 

The country has had a moratorium on executions since 2018.

 

But lawmakers on Monday overwhelmingly voted to remove the death penalty as the mandatory sentence for 11 serious crimes, including murder and terrorism.

 

Full story: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-65160091

 

-- © Copyright BBC 2023-04-04

[bendejo]

They still do whippings down there.  A life sentence combined with occasional whippings would provide a miserable life for the murderer.  I'm for it.

 

[Emdog]

Unclear as to whether this includes death penalty for drug dealing.... and it has included for having too much pot.

Couple fun films on the subject "Dada means death" and "Return to paradise".

[brewsterbudgen]

Good to see.  Would be nice to see other countries doing this, especially Saudi Arabia, Iran, China, USA.

[RichardColeman]

1 hour ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Good to see.  Would be nice to see other countries doing this, especially Saudi Arabia, Iran, China, USA.

I dunno I'm quite in favour of keeping it for terrorism