Drug offences: states must acknowledge the flawed logic at the heart of the regime itself
(WorldNews Indonesia)

As the world turns its back on the death penalty for drug offences, the US looks to the extreme fringe. Prabagan Srivijayan on the We Believe in Second Chances Facebook page In the summer of 2012, Singapore handed 29-year-old Malaysian Prabagan Srivijayan a mandatory death sentence for drug trafficking after 22.24g of heroin was found in the armrest of a car he had borrowed. Serious concerns about the fairness of Prabagan´s trial included the authorities´ failure to follow up leads that could have proven his innocence, and to call on key witnesses who could confirm his version of events. His fingerprints were never found on the drugs. Eventually, his legal team turned to the Malaysian courts...