Singapore Relaxes Mandatory Life Sentences

The island state of Singapore has plans to scrap mandatory death sentences for drug offenders.   For those that cooperate with the Police and are only drug couriers, they may be able to avoid the mandatory death sentences.   Singapore death sentences are usually carried out by hanging the offender until death.   But with the growing awareness of mandatory death sentences, the government has been listening to feedback and has weigh the dangers of drug offenders versus the feedback from the Singapore society and had decided to relax the mandatory death sentences.