High-profile death row case prompts some Singaporeans to call for executions to be halted though overall support for capital punishment remains high
president’s principal private secretary, in a letter to Nagaenthran’s family: “The sentence of death therefore stands.”to be spared. He was arrested in 2009, aged 21, for attempting to smuggle a small amount of heroin – about three tablespoons – into Singapore and has since spent more than a decade on death row. His lawyer has argued that he has an IQ of 69, a level recognised as indicating a learning disability, and should be protected from execution under international law.
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