Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

submittedVersion

Publication Date

2-2014

Abstract

The four‐year long struggle by Yong Vui Kong to challenge his mandatory death sentence reveals how life and death decisions can turn on legal niceties. For instance, on 20 November 2009, the President of the Republic of Singapore turned down Yong's plea for clemency and this news was conveyed to the prisoner's brother by his then lawyer three days later. Along with this sad information, he was told that his brother would be hung on 4 December 2009. Yong's brother then engaged the respected human rights advocate, M. Ravi, who was granted an interview with the prisoner two days prior to the scheduled execution. Ravi, as a matter of urgency, filed a motion challenging the constitutionality of capital punishment and at the same time sought a stay of execution so that his arguments would not be, tragically, moot.

Discipline

Asian Studies | Criminal Law

Research Areas

Public Interest Law, Community and Social Justice

Publication

Howard Journal of Criminal Justice

Volume

53

Issue

1

First Page

101

Last Page

103

ISSN

0265-5527

Identifier

10.1111/hojo.12047

Publisher

Wiley: 24 months

Copyright Owner and License

Authors

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1111/hojo.12047

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