SINGAPORE: More Singapore residents support the use of the death penalty for the most serious crimes, according to the findings of a 2023 Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) survey that was released on Thursday (Sep 19). The survey was
SINGAPORE: More Singapore residents support the use of the death penalty for the most serious crimes, according to the findings of a 2023 Ministry of Home Affairs survey that was released on Thursday .to"better understand public perceptions" and the ministry conducted it again two years later.
There was also an increase in those who agreed or strongly agreed that such a punishment was appropriate for firearm offences – from 71.1 per cent in 2021 to 74.3 per cent in 2023. For firearm offences, 81.3 per cent supported some form of the death penalty as punishment, down from 82 per cent in 2021.
"In the 2023 survey, there was a statistically significant increase in the proportion of respondents who strongly agreed or agreed that the death penalty was more effective compared to life imprisonment in deterring people from trafficking a significant amount of drugs, committing firearm offences, and committing murders," said MHA.
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