Sentence

6 cases · May 2024 to March 2026

Case Volume by Year

3
24
2
25
1
26
2024–2026

Key Issues & Sub-Topics

Public interest and weighing the mitigating factors. 1 case

Drug Trafficking — plea of guilty — Abolition of Mandatory Death Penalty Act 2023 (Act 846) — consideration — whether the Court should exercise the discretion — public interest — death sentence or life imprisonment 1 case

Death sentence — Exercise of discretion — Not to impose sentence of imprisonment — Whether falls under exceptional case — Murder of two innocent victims — Victims unknown to the accused — Multiple incise wounds on the face — Three stab wounds on the chest — Accused went looking for victims to inflict injuries. 1 case

the Appellant originally sentenced to death by the High Court, before Abolition of Mandatory Death Penalty Act 2023 — Appellant pray for life imprisonment + 12 strokes, respondent had no objection 1 case

Key Statutes

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Penal Code (Cap 574)
cited in 1 case

Court Distribution

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