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PP v Kho Jabing

Public Prosecutor v Kho Jabing [2015] SGCA 1; [2015] 2 SLR 112
JurisdictionSingapore
CourtSingapore Court of Appeal
Year2015
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Following the 2012 Penal Code amendments making the death penalty discretionary for murder under s 300(b)-(d), the death penalty is warranted where the manner in which the offender carried out the act exhibits viciousness or a blatant disregard for human life; on the facts the death sentence was re-imposed for a brutal robbery-murder.

Area of Law

criminal

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