Capital punishment for drug offenders in Malaysia: balancing between human rights and utilitarian rationales / Aizuddin Sapian ... [et al.]

• Main Authors: Sapian, Aizuddin, Abdul Manaf, Azman, Zainal Abidin, Siti Aisyah, Mustafa, Nurmifatul Shuhadah
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Drug habits. Drug abuse; Offenses against public morals
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32898/1/32898.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32898/

Many countries in Asia, including Malaysia, impose the death penalty for nonviolent crimes, including drug related crimes. Capital punishment is irrevocable and can be inflicted on the innocent. It has never been shown to deter crime more effectively than other punishments. Every death sentence is a...