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I didn’t know you could be put to death for non-violent crimes. Article says he was only charged with drug possession. This happened in Singapore, but according

I didn’t know you could be put to death for non-violent crimes. Article says he was only charged with drug possession. This happened in Singapore, but according to Wikipedia “large-scale drug trafficking” is a capital crime in the US, too. Transporting 42g of heroin doesn’t sound even close to large-scale, but I can imagine getting swallowed up by a legal labyrinth anyhow, especially if you’re disadvantaged. I don’t understand why more lawyers aren’t up in arms about the severe sentencing happening in the US. Guess it’s a similar situation to engineers being paid through the nose while pretending Big Tech is working for the greater good.

tomjen3 5y ago
The US killed the Rosenbergs for espionage. That was technically a nonviolent act, although furnishing atomic secrets to the USSR could be seen as an accessory to mass murder. Killing somebody for heroin? That is an entirely new level of depravety.
- dustintrex 5y ago
  Legislation in the US allows the death penalty for drug trafficking alone, although AFAIK this has never been applied without violent offences as well.
- redis_mlc 5y ago
  > The US killed the Rosenbergs for espionage. Yes, but it was also a response to the massive number of other spies in both the US and Britain. I can think of a dozen, and I'm sure there's a lot more. Britain had files spanning years for some, yet did nothing, even allowing them to escape to Russia. (In some cases it was restrictions on their intelligence services, like no power of arrest, but also the embarrassment factor was sometimes too much.) It destroyed the trust between the US and the UK.
temikus 5y ago
Not defending this at all but this does show you’ve never visited Singapore. Before entering you repeatedly get many many notices of a death penalty for drug traffickers regardless of the quantity and type. It’s even written in large bold letters on the immigration card.
- Gosper 5y ago
  I'm ashamed I have visited. Print those warnings in all the emphasized font you want, could Nagaenthran comprehend them and connect the dots to his coerced situation? Everyone should at some point in their upbringing have a modicum of experience caring for someone with a mental disability Singapore's actions and judicial system are vile and disgusting.

tomjen3 5y ago

The US killed the Rosenbergs for espionage. That was technically a nonviolent act, although furnishing atomic secrets to the USSR could be seen as an accessory to mass murder. Killing somebody for heroin? That is an entirely new level of depravety.

dustintrex 5y ago
Legislation in the US allows the death penalty for drug trafficking alone, although AFAIK this has never been applied without violent offences as well.
redis_mlc 5y ago
> The US killed the Rosenbergs for espionage. Yes, but it was also a response to the massive number of other spies in both the US and Britain. I can think of a dozen, and I'm sure there's a lot more. Britain had files spanning years for some, yet did nothing, even allowing them to escape to Russia. (In some cases it was restrictions on their intelligence services, like no power of arrest, but also the embarrassment factor was sometimes too much.) It destroyed the trust between the US and the UK.

temikus 5y ago

Not defending this at all but this does show you’ve never visited Singapore. Before entering you repeatedly get many many notices of a death penalty for drug traffickers regardless of the quantity and type. It’s even written in large bold letters on the immigration card.

Gosper 5y ago
I'm ashamed I have visited. Print those warnings in all the emphasized font you want, could Nagaenthran comprehend them and connect the dots to his coerced situation? Everyone should at some point in their upbringing have a modicum of experience caring for someone with a mental disability Singapore's actions and judicial system are vile and disgusting.