Grim Reaper.

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Which method of execution would you most likely prefer?

I chose picture number 3.

Personally for me I would rather die and be executed by means of chemicals passing through my body compared to hanging which is comparable to lynching and electrocution which will cause my eyes to protrude and bleed.

I think this sentiment is shared widely among other people.

Lethal injection is by far the least painful and the better of the three evils.

This way of execution should be seriously considered if the current ruling of capital punishment through execution is not abolished.

At least in the future, if I were to be executed I know that it would be a less painful death compared to other previous executed persons.

Fatal faith

The statement, death penalty would certaintly struck a chord of fear in even a hardened convict. But one would wonder why there is still offenders commiting condemn crime. Certaintly one wouldn't on his finest state of mind, commit a rash act or crime. A crime can be commited when one see's a chance of him gaining something; be it monetarily, pleasure or even as simple as overcoming poverty.

The recent death penalty cases' covered by the media have instantly attract mass attention which have caused major debates on whether Singapore's hang till death capital punishment is appropriate and should there be alternative death sentence- with the recent lethal injection issue on a local newspaper as an example.

Personally to kill someone even as a punishment, is itself a heinous crime.
Someone is alive in this world for a reason.
To take him off this world much earlier than he is supposed to live would caused major distruptions.
Perhaps the recent 'worldwide' disasters is a way the one above is showing us who's in charge.

I would suggest life imprisonment as a capital punishment to offenders. And I mean
life for life. The only way to be released would be through good behaviour before being assess by psychologists and experts- and that is only after serving at least 20 years behind bars. It would also be noted that he would be on probation all life prior to his released.

Now everyone...
Vote for Hafiz!

Lethally blonde.

Lethal injection. I and Hafiz have questioned ourselves on why Singapore resort to hanging as the execution method for capital crime and did not opt for lethal injection which seems like a better of both evils. A recent article on the Sunday Times answered this question regarding the matter. The writer claims that with the use of lethal injection, the thought of the manner of execution does not strike fear enough into the hearts of would-be-offenders and therefore might not act as a successful deterence.However he also pointed out another reason on why lethal injection is not opted.

Organs from the body of the executed person can be used for medical transplants for patients who are in need of organ transplants.With the injection of the lethal substance as a method of execution, the possibility of the usage of the organs are totally eliminated as the organs are not usable anymore due to the lethal subtance that have spread through the organs.

The writer quoted that there have been quite a number of transplants involving the body of the executed persons with permission from family members.However it came into question in my mind where the financial benefit of such transplants will be directed to.

Wonderwall.

One question pondered in my mind as i researched and wrote about two death-row inmates in my recent posts.

My opposition to the death sentences carried out to both Nguyen Van Tuong and Stanley "Tookie" Williams: were they borned out of sympathy for these two people that grew when i read about their life story or is it because of the barbaric nature of taking another human being's life as a punishment for former crimes?

I am still wondering to myself over that question.

Tookie.

Stanley "Tookie" Williams is an early leader of the notorious Los angeles gang called Crips.The Crips is one of the oldest and most notorious gangs in America.Gang members identify themselves by wearing the colour blue.Crips have a notable number of well-known rappers as their members and this includes :

• Brotha Lynch Hung
• Kurupt
• Eazy-E
• MC Eiht
• Snoop Dogg
• Warren G
• Daz Dillinger
• Nate Dogg
• Spider Loc
• WC
• Jayo Felony
• Xzibit

Stanley "Tookie" Williams was sentenced to death in 1981 for the 1979 murders of Albert Owens, Yen-Yi Yang, Tsai-Shai Lin, and Yee-Chen Lin in two separate incidents.

In prison,Williams maintained his innocence and refused to aid police investigations with any information against his gang. He was also involved in attacks on guards and other inmates as well as multiple escape plots.

However in 1993,a drastic change in behaviour took over Tookie.He renounced his affiliation with the Crips which he co-founded and became a prominent anti-gang activist.He also co-wrote children's books and joined in efforts to prevent youths from joining gangs. However he still refused to assist the police in anti-gang investigations.

The governor of California formerly well-known action movie actor Arnold Schwarzenneger denied clemency to the supposedly reformed Tookie in the days leading up to his execution. His action drew angry responses from the public and this undermined his status as a new governor in the eyes of several residents around the area.

On December 13 2005, Tookie was executed via lethal injection shrouded by debate whether his anti-gang advocacy in prison represented his atonement for his past wrongdoings.His funeral drew a wide variety of people from current gang members to celebrities and religious leaders.



Well-known rapper Snoop Dogg a Crips gang member recited a poem to mourners about the execution:

It's nine-fifteen on twelve-thirteen and another black king will be taken from the scene.



Tookie was nominated for the Nobel peace prize from 2001-2005. Nominations came from Mario Fehr a member of the Swiss parliament and also from Notre Dame de Namur Philosophy and Religion Professor Phil Gasper. He was also nominated for Nobel prize in Literature by a Brown university Professor of English Literature.

December 13 2005, is a sad day for a lot of people.Personally for me,the state nor the government of any country, cannot take the life of another human being whether that person have reformed and atoned for his sins or not.

May God bless the souls of those executed and those who execute.

Condemn to death

The recent death penalty handed out to Australian of Vietnamese descent, Nguyen Van Tuong have once again put the Singapore government on the highlights. Debates on whether the death penalty by hanging is indeed apropriate to curb capital commiting criminals. Though it sends out a very harsh reality towards the people of earth, criminals commiting capital crime still rise.

Personally I'd feel that it is important for a country to curb criminal offenders as the rising of it would certainly spell disaster, especially Singapore a country of only over 1.3 millions population. But the continued rise of capital offenders reflects the unsuccesfulness of the practice. Therefore I believe that the gorvernment need to find a new resourceful and morally upright method to curb this rising trend.

Killing one would send shudders towards the community but a way to stop capital crime is to find the root of it. Because once an individual is involved from the very beginning, sooner or later he will commit that condemn crime even without him realising it.

Certainly to condemn someone to death, isn't in the authority of mankind.

Trung Nguyen.

The execution of the Vietnamese-born Australian trafficker Nguyen Van Tuong caused an uproar within the Australian public.However authorities from both sides of country seeks to downplay the conflicting ideas on the issue even though Australian Prime minister John Howard publicly speaks out against the sentence and issued a clemency on behalf of Nguyen van tuong. The issue threatens to engage both countries into a diplomatic row. A batch of students in which a relative of mine were part of, who recently went to Australia for hockey training were told not to wear any clothing that might symbolise their nationality as Singaporeans for fear of attacks.

This is a reminisce of the execution in 1995 of Flor Contemplacion, a Filipino domestic worker, which led to an unprecedented diplomatic crisis between Singapore and the Philippines. The aftermath of it also included some kidnappings of Singapore citizens in the Philippines.The Singapore government should always do their part in informing citizens about the dangers of travelling to areas in which a diplomatic crises might lead to kinappings, assaults etc. However I do not have any recollection of any warning given out to Singapore citizens in the aftermath of Nguyen's case. We should and we need to give out travel warnings to our citizens in the case of such incidents happening.

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Singapore's multiple Law: A gift or a curse.
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Fresh thoughts

Welcome everyone, these is 'Project CRS'.
In the near future, a topic will be drop and we will get to work.
At the meantime enjoy your freaking semester at school, while your younger siblings enjoy thier year end school holidays and are waiting to embark on thier routine adventurous holiday trip up north; the land which wouldn't dissapoint, Peninsula Malaysia.

Its always there what, where else to holiday...
Mummy & Daddy says its good, Malaysia is big- but we still end up in either KL, JB or those beach states. Les' it saves thier budget.
Malaysia Truly Asia...

I'll peace in while others peace out.