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Singapore inherits its penal code from the British, and most locals find drugs abhorrent because they're acutely aware of both the Opium Wars in China, and the
by dustintrex 5y ago
Singapore inherits its penal code from the British, and most locals find drugs abhorrent because they're acutely aware of both the Opium Wars in China, and the former extent of drug addiction and gang violence in Singapore itself.
- beardyw 5y agoCapital punishment was abolished in Britain in the 1960s. [edit] with some exceptions for which no one was ever executed (eg piracy). Finally sorted out in 1998