Friday 7 December 2007

400 prisoners have been hanged in Singapore since 1991

400 prisoners have been hanged in Singapore since 1991, giving the small city-state possibly the highest execution rate in the world relative to its population of just over four million people. The execution figures include a significant percentage of foreign nationals. It is not known how many prisoners are currently on death row, but the shocking death toll from executions continues to rise.Most of those executed were convicted of drug trafficking

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