'It doesn't make sense': disabled Malaysian man, 33 year old Nagaenthran Dharmalingam executed by hanging in Singapore for trafficking 44 heroin grams

[basquebromance]

Nagaenthran Dharmalingam had been on death row for more than a decade for trafficking 44 grams of heroin into Singapore. His lawyers' appeals against his execution say he was intellectually disabled.

 

[martybegan]

Lessons from this story:

Don't bring drugs to Singapore.

If you can't be 100% sure you aren't carrying drugs, don't go to Singapore.

 

[basquebromance]

or the Phillipines!

 

[Woodznutz]

Anyone who sells drugs is intellectually disabled, as well as those who use them.

 

[Turtlesoup]

Nagaenthran Dharmalingam had been on death row for more than a decade for trafficking 44 grams of heroin into Singapore. His lawyers' appeals against his execution say he was intellectually disabled.

Singapore kills drug mules-----including the dumber ones. Whats the problem?

 

[DudleySmith]

And anyone can see the results when they visit that city/state; it's clean, their school systems are great, and they're one of the top economies in SE Asia per capita. Even their 'slums' are safe and clean.

 

[Woodznutz]

And anyone can see the results when they visit that city/state; it's clean, their school systems are great, and they're one of the top economies in SE Asia per capita. Even their 'slums' are safe and clean.

America could take a lesson.

 

[DudleySmith]

America could take a lesson.

Yes. They don't subsidize the Triad cartels the way American doper vermin do the Mexicans and other scumbags.

 

[Woodznutz]

Yes. They don't subsidize the Triad cartels the way American doper vermin do the Mexicans and other scumbags.

Extreme measures would solve our drug problems. Sadly, our government doesn't engage in positive extreme measures, just negative extreme measures.

 

[Jarlaxle]

America could take a lesson.

Yes: the lesson-on the surface, repressive police states look great!

I suspect Rome and Berlin looked like pretty nice places in 1939.

 

[Woodznutz]

Yes: the lesson-on the surface, repressive police states look great!

I suspect Rome and Berlin looked like pretty nice places in 1939.

The death sentence would help solve our crime problem.

 

[Jarlaxle]

The death sentence would help solve our crime problem.

How many innocent people are you willing to kill to sate your bloodlust?

 

[Woodznutz]

How many innocent people are you willing to kill to sate your bloodlust?

I represent the public, not the judicial system. Their blood would be on the hands of the crooked or inept prosecutors. Anyway, what's the difference between,

The actual dead, by execution.
The walking dead, by lifetime incarceration.

 

[Jarlaxle]

I represent the public, not the judicial system. Their blood would be on the hands of the crooked or inept prosecutors. Anyway, what's the difference between,

The actual dead, by execution.
The walking dead, by lifetime incarceration.

Deflection. Again: How many innocent people are you willing to kill to sate your bloodlust?

 

[Woodznutz]

Deflection. Again: How many innocent people are you willing to kill to sate your bloodlust?

If they are 'innocent' they must be freed, not imprisoned for life.

 

[Jarlaxle]

If they are 'innocent' they must be freed, not imprisoned for life.

Another deflection. Answer the question!

 

[Woodznutz]

Another deflection. Answer the question!

I don't swing at pitches thrown into the dirt.

 

[petro]

Seems Singapore still has a demand for drugs and a market that will support it.

No amount of penalties can stop the Black Market.
Even the most tyrannical governments cannot stop illegal substances from being widely available and distributed, and only increase the profitability of those substances the more repressive the consequences.

Doesn't matter if it's Levi's or Crack. The Market will provide wanted goods.

 

[Woodznutz]

Another deflection. Answer the question!

On second thought, 17. I would accept 17 innocent executions for every 10,000 legitimate executions.

 

[Jarlaxle]

On second thought, 17. I would accept 17 innocent executions for every 10,000 legitimate executions.

Then you are insane and should be locked up.