death penalty

Malaysia’s top court reduces first death sentences under new law

MALAYSIA’S highest court reduced the sentences of seven death row inmates to life in prison on Tuesday (Nov 14), four months after the country abolished mandatory capital punishment.

The Bill does not scrap death sentences, but grants judges the option to instead impose lengthy prison sentences of between 30 and 40 years under certain conditions.

Malaysian MPs vote to axe mandatory death penalty

Malaysia’s parliament passed a Bill on Monday (Apr 3) to remove mandatory death sentences, with rights groups welcoming the vote as an “important step” that could have a knock-on effect elsewhere in S...