Principle of Proportionality: Criminal Offender’s Fetishism
July 26, 2019
This article shares the fundamental principle of sentencing (proportionality) of a theft offender in Singapore, where the Prosecution’s appeal was dismissed.
Public Prosecutor v Low Ji Qing [2019] SGHC 174
July 23, 2019
“There is no society where the rule does not exist that the punishment must be proportional to the offence.” -Emile Durkheim, 1938 This appeal was concerned with this fundamental principle of sentencing – proportionality. How does it interplay with the seemingly conflicting principle of specific deterrence, and in particular, the related principle of escalation when […]
CJ dismisses appeal for higher sentence for man with fetish
April 17, 2019
This article shares that Prosecution’s appeal for higher sentence against a man with fetish, for stealing ladies’ wallets and gratifying himself, was dismissed by the Court of Appeal.
