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Unveiling Singapore’s Death Penalty Discourse: A Critical Analysis of Public Opinion and Deterrent Claims

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While Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) maintains a firm stance on the effectiveness of the death penalty in managing drug trafficking in Singapore, the article presents evidence suggesting that the methodologies and interpretations of these studies might not be as substantial as portrayed.

Judge: Kentucky must consider single drug executions

A Kentucky judge says the state must either switch to a single drug to perform executions within 90 days or prepare to go to trial in a lawsuit challenging the state's 3-drug method of carrying out capital punishment.

Franklin Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd ruled Wednesday that the state's 3-drug method may no longer be necessary now that other states have successfully used a single drug to execute condemned inmates.

The ruling comes about 20 months after Shepherd halted all executions in Kentucky. He imposed the ban after inmates challenged the three-drug method.

At least 5 states have switched to a 1-drug execution method. 3 states - Ohio, Washington and Arizona - have conducted single-drug lethal injections. Arizona put an inmate to death Wednesday using only pentobarbital.

Source: Associated Press, April 25, 2012

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