{"id":623,"date":"2023-07-08T20:00:26","date_gmt":"2023-07-08T12:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.limlawchambers.com\/?p=623"},"modified":"2023-07-08T18:12:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-08T10:12:15","slug":"criminal-law-no-more-mandatory-death-penalty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.limlawchambers.com\/zh\/criminal-law\/criminal-law-no-more-mandatory-death-penalty\/","title":{"rendered":"[Criminal Law] No more mandatory death penalty?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/deathpenaltyproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Death-penalty-download.jpg\" width=\"801\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>No more mandatory death penalty?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Abolition of Mandatory Death Penalty Bill 2023 came into effect on July 4, 2023, abolishing the mandatory death penalty.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">What&#8217;s the difference between death penalty and mandatory death penalty?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The death penalty is the highest punishment that judges can impose on criminals within a legal system.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The mandatory death penalty does not allow any discretion for the court and requires the imposition of death penalty upon conviction for specific offenses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Which offenses carry the mandatory death penalty?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Penal Code 121A: Offenses against the person of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King), Ruler, or Yang di-Pertua Negeri (State Governor).<br \/>\nPenal Code 130C: Committing terrorist acts resulting in death.<br \/>\nPenal Code 130I: Directing activities of terrorist groups resulting in death.<br \/>\nPenal Code 130N: Providing or collecting property for terrorist acts resulting in death.<br \/>\nPenal Code 130O: Providing services for terrorist purposes resulting in death.<br \/>\nPenal Code 130QA: Accepting gratification to facilitate or enable terrorist acts resulting in death.<br \/>\nPenal Code 130ZB: Accepting gratification to facilitate or enable organized criminal activity resulting in death.<br \/>\nPenal Code 302: Murder.<br \/>\nPenal Code 374A: Hostage-taking resulting in death.<br \/>\nFirearms Act, Section 3: Discharge of a firearm with intent to cause death or hurt.<br \/>\nFirearms Act, Section 3A: Accomplishes of those discharging a firearm with intent to cause death or hurt.<br \/>\nDangerous Drugs Act, Section 39B: Trafficking in dangerous drugs when the courier requirement is not met.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"group w-full text-gray-800 dark:text-gray-100 border-b border-black\/10 dark:border-gray-900\/50 bg-gray-50 dark:bg-[#444654]\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div class=\"flex p-4 gap-4 text-base md:gap-6 md:max-w-2xl lg:max-w-[38rem] xl:max-w-3xl md:py-6 lg:px-0 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-[calc(100%-50px)] flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3 lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)]\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col gap-3\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] flex items-start overflow-x-auto whitespace-pre-wrap break-words flex-col gap-4\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">What are the changes after abolishing mandatory death penalty?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After the abolishment of the mandatory death penalty, the alternative sentence is imprisonment for 30 to 40 years and 12 strokes of the whip.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex justify-between lg:block\">\n<div class=\"text-gray-400 flex self-end lg:self-center justify-center mt-2 gap-2 md:gap-3 lg:gap-1 lg:absolute lg:top-0 lg:translate-x-full lg:right-0 lg:mt-0 lg:pl-2 visible\"><button class=\"flex ml-auto gap-2 rounded-md p-1 hover:bg-gray-100 hover:text-gray-700 dark:text-gray-400 dark:hover:bg-gray-700 dark:hover:text-gray-200 disabled:dark:hover:text-gray-400\"><\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex gap-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No more mandatory death penalty? 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