A 45-year-old woman is to be hanged on Friday for trafficking around 30 grams of heroin, but Amnesty International says there is no evidence the death penalty is a deterrent but Singapore insists it is effective.
Singapore to execute first woman in nearly 20 years, in move slammed by activists as ‘cruel, unconscionable’
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