Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Capital punishment is legal in Singapore. The city-state had the second highest per-capita execution rate in the world between 1994 and 1998, estimated by the United Nations to be 13.83 executions annually per one million of population during that period. The highest was Turkmenistan (now an abolitionist country) with 14.92. However, in recent years execution has become far less common, with some years even having none; none were executed in 2012 or 2013, and 2 in 2014. Each execution in Singapore is carried out by hanging in Changi Prison at dawn on Friday. In a survey done two years ago, reported in the Straits Times, 95% of Singaporeans feel that the death penalty should stay.Singapore has had capital punishment since it was a British colony and became independent before the United Kingdom abolished capital punishment. The Singaporean procedure of hanging condemned individuals is heavily influenced by the methods formerly used in Great Britain.In 2012, however, Singapore amended its laws to exempt some cases from the mandatory death sentence while boosting enforcement. Although the penalty will stay, discretionary measures are now given to judges."@en }
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- Capital_punishment_in_Singapore abstract "Capital punishment is legal in Singapore. The city-state had the second highest per-capita execution rate in the world between 1994 and 1998, estimated by the United Nations to be 13.83 executions annually per one million of population during that period. The highest was Turkmenistan (now an abolitionist country) with 14.92. However, in recent years execution has become far less common, with some years even having none; none were executed in 2012 or 2013, and 2 in 2014. Each execution in Singapore is carried out by hanging in Changi Prison at dawn on Friday. In a survey done two years ago, reported in the Straits Times, 95% of Singaporeans feel that the death penalty should stay.Singapore has had capital punishment since it was a British colony and became independent before the United Kingdom abolished capital punishment. The Singaporean procedure of hanging condemned individuals is heavily influenced by the methods formerly used in Great Britain.In 2012, however, Singapore amended its laws to exempt some cases from the mandatory death sentence while boosting enforcement. Although the penalty will stay, discretionary measures are now given to judges.".
- Q2426417 abstract "Capital punishment is legal in Singapore. The city-state had the second highest per-capita execution rate in the world between 1994 and 1998, estimated by the United Nations to be 13.83 executions annually per one million of population during that period. The highest was Turkmenistan (now an abolitionist country) with 14.92. However, in recent years execution has become far less common, with some years even having none; none were executed in 2012 or 2013, and 2 in 2014. Each execution in Singapore is carried out by hanging in Changi Prison at dawn on Friday. In a survey done two years ago, reported in the Straits Times, 95% of Singaporeans feel that the death penalty should stay.Singapore has had capital punishment since it was a British colony and became independent before the United Kingdom abolished capital punishment. The Singaporean procedure of hanging condemned individuals is heavily influenced by the methods formerly used in Great Britain.In 2012, however, Singapore amended its laws to exempt some cases from the mandatory death sentence while boosting enforcement. Although the penalty will stay, discretionary measures are now given to judges.".