Here are the articles under Tag: capital punishment.
PP v Hamidah Binte Awang & anor [2019] SGHC 161
2019On 8 July 2019, the Honourable High Court Judge, Justice Lee Seiu Kin (“Justice Lee”), released this judgment on...
Are amendments to Misuse of Drugs Act necessary?
9 July 2019In the wake of the recent Court of Appeal decision in Adili Chibuike Ejike v Public Prosecutor [2019] SGCA...
- acquittalamendmentcapital punishmentcourt of appealcriminal lawcriminal lawyerdrugeugene thuraisingamlawmisuse of drugs actwilfulblindness
Alleged Drug Trafficker Acquitted of Capital Offence Charge
2019Public Prosecutor v Moad Fadzir Bin Mustaffa & Zuraimy Bin Musa [2019] SGHC 33; Moad Fadzir bin Mustaffa v...
The Accused Was a Mere Courier
2019Zamri Bin Mohd Tahir v Public Prosecutor [2019] SGCA 9 1. Introduction In 2017, the High Court (the “HC”)...
Eugene Thuraisingam taking on 5 high-profile cases
1 January 2019"Our mainstay is good commercial litigation but we also have a soft spot for the underdog. We believe in...
- access to justiceappealcapital offencecapital punishmentcommercial litigationcourt of appealcriminal litigationeugene thuraisingamjusticelawmurderpro bono
Death Penalty in Singapore — a Matter of Life and Death
7 December 2018Some interesting statistics about the death penalty:- Approximately 106 countries worldwide have abolished the death penalty for all crimes....
- capital offencecapital punishmentcrimecriminal lawcriminal lawyercriminal litigationdeath penalty Singaporedeterrentdrugdrug offencedrug traffickingeugene thuraisingamlaw
Ali bin Mohamad Bahashwan v PP and other appeals [2018] 1 SLR 610
2018Our client was charged with and convicted of trafficking in heroin under section 5(1)(a) of the Misuse of Drugs...
Death penalty faced by drug convict
19 March 2018Our Eugene Thuraisingam and Suang Wijaya acted as “McKenzie friends” to convicted Singaporean drug trafficker Hishamruddin Mohd, who was...
- capital offencecapital punishmentcourt of appealcrimecriminal lawcriminal lawyercriminal litigationdeath penalty Singaporedrugdrug offencedrug traffickingeugene thuraisingamlawmisuse of drugs act
PP v Hamidah Binte Awang & anor [2019] SGHC 161
2019On 8 July 2019, the Honourable High Court Judge, Justice Lee Seiu Kin (“Justice Lee”), released this judgment on...
Are amendments to Misuse of Drugs Act necessary?
9 July 2019In the wake of the recent Court of Appeal decision in Adili Chibuike Ejike v Public Prosecutor [2019] SGCA...
- acquittalamendmentcapital punishmentcourt of appealcriminal lawcriminal lawyerdrugeugene thuraisingamlawmisuse of drugs actwilfulblindness
Alleged Drug Trafficker Acquitted of Capital Offence Charge
2019Public Prosecutor v Moad Fadzir Bin Mustaffa & Zuraimy Bin Musa [2019] SGHC 33; Moad Fadzir bin Mustaffa v...
The Accused Was a Mere Courier
2019Zamri Bin Mohd Tahir v Public Prosecutor [2019] SGCA 9 1. Introduction In 2017, the High Court (the “HC”)...
Eugene Thuraisingam taking on 5 high-profile cases
1 January 2019"Our mainstay is good commercial litigation but we also have a soft spot for the underdog. We believe in...
- access to justiceappealcapital offencecapital punishmentcommercial litigationcourt of appealcriminal litigationeugene thuraisingamjusticelawmurderpro bono
Death Penalty in Singapore — a Matter of Life and Death
7 December 2018Some interesting statistics about the death penalty:- Approximately 106 countries worldwide have abolished the death penalty for all crimes....
- capital offencecapital punishmentcrimecriminal lawcriminal lawyercriminal litigationdeath penalty Singaporedeterrentdrugdrug offencedrug traffickingeugene thuraisingamlaw
Ali bin Mohamad Bahashwan v PP and other appeals [2018] 1 SLR 610
2018Our client was charged with and convicted of trafficking in heroin under section 5(1)(a) of the Misuse of Drugs...
Death penalty faced by drug convict
19 March 2018Our Eugene Thuraisingam and Suang Wijaya acted as “McKenzie friends” to convicted Singaporean drug trafficker Hishamruddin Mohd, who was...
- capital offencecapital punishmentcourt of appealcrimecriminal lawcriminal lawyercriminal litigationdeath penalty Singaporedrugdrug offencedrug traffickingeugene thuraisingamlawmisuse of drugs act
Ilechukwu Uchechukwu Chukwudi v PP [2017] SGCA 44
2017We have acted for the accused in this case since 2013 as assigned counsel under the Legal Assistance Scheme...
Court orders review of drug conviction, to make findings on PTSD
2 August 2017The conviction of an alleged Nigerian drug trafficker was ordered to be reviewed, after we successfully argued before the...
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Prabagaran a/l Srivijayan v Public Prosecutor and other matters [2017] 1 SLR 173
2017We had conduct of four applications by persons who had been sentenced to death as a result of:- (a)...
Lawyer Eugene Thuraisingam defends people who might face the death penalty in Singapore
7 November 2016Our Eugene Thuraisingam was featured in The Straits Times for his work in defending accused people who might face...
- capital offencecapital punishmentcrimecriminal lawcriminal lawyercriminal litigationdeath penalty Singaporedefencedrugeugene thuraisingamlascolawmisuse of drugs actpro bono
Quek Hock Lye v Public Prosecutor [2015] 2 SLR 563
2015This was a Constitutional Law case heard by the Court of Appeal. It dealt with the issue of whether...
Are amendments to Misuse of Drugs Act necessary?
9 July 2019In the wake of the recent Court of Appeal decision in Adili Chibuike Ejike v Public Prosecutor [2019] SGCA...
Eugene Thuraisingam taking on 5 high-profile cases
1 January 2019"Our mainstay is good commercial litigation but we also have a soft spot for the underdog. We believe in...
Death Penalty in Singapore — a Matter of Life and Death
7 December 2018Some interesting statistics about the death penalty:- Approximately 106 countries worldwide have abolished the death penalty for all crimes....
Death penalty faced by drug convict
19 March 2018Our Eugene Thuraisingam and Suang Wijaya acted as “McKenzie friends” to convicted Singaporean drug trafficker Hishamruddin Mohd, who was...
Court orders review of drug conviction, to make findings on PTSD
2 August 2017The conviction of an alleged Nigerian drug trafficker was ordered to be reviewed, after we successfully argued before the...
Lawyer Eugene Thuraisingam defends people who might face the death penalty in Singapore
7 November 2016Our Eugene Thuraisingam was featured in The Straits Times for his work in defending accused people who might face...
PP v Hamidah Binte Awang & anor [2019] SGHC 161
2019On 8 July 2019, the Honourable High Court Judge, Justice Lee Seiu Kin (“Justice Lee”), released this judgment on...
Alleged Drug Trafficker Acquitted of Capital Offence Charge
2019Public Prosecutor v Moad Fadzir Bin Mustaffa & Zuraimy Bin Musa [2019] SGHC 33; Moad Fadzir bin Mustaffa v...
The Accused Was a Mere Courier
2019Zamri Bin Mohd Tahir v Public Prosecutor [2019] SGCA 9 1. Introduction In 2017, the High Court (the “HC”)...
Ali bin Mohamad Bahashwan v PP and other appeals [2018] 1 SLR 610
2018Our client was charged with and convicted of trafficking in heroin under section 5(1)(a) of the Misuse of Drugs...
Ilechukwu Uchechukwu Chukwudi v PP [2017] SGCA 44
2017We have acted for the accused in this case since 2013 as assigned counsel under the Legal Assistance Scheme...
Prabagaran a/l Srivijayan v Public Prosecutor and other matters [2017] 1 SLR 173
2017We had conduct of four applications by persons who had been sentenced to death as a result of:- (a)...
Quek Hock Lye v Public Prosecutor [2015] 2 SLR 563
2015This was a Constitutional Law case heard by the Court of Appeal. It dealt with the issue of whether...
