Singaporean Man Executed For Importing Over 1kg of Cannabis
Convicted drug importer Omar Yacob Bamadhaj was hanged on April 16 for bringing 1,009.1g of cannabis into Singapore
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Killed Over Pot Part 2: Why Was Kentrail Small Killed?
Cannabis historian David Malmo-Levine exposes the Drug War Death Squads currently operating in the United States, and investigates President Trump’s plans to dial them up to 11
A Puff On A Joint – Then Six Months Of Forced Rehab In A Concrete Cell
A young woman buys cannabis for friends – and finds herself facing up to 20 years in prison.
Inside The Prison That Executes People For Supplying Cannabis
Though he is provided with a straw mat, Matthew says he prefers to sleep on the concrete floor of his cell in the maximum-security wing of Singapore’s Changi Prison.
Family Of Singaporean On Death Row For Cannabis Pleads For Clemency
The family of a Singaporean man due to be hanged next week over a kilogram of cannabis pleaded for clemency from the authorities Sunday and urged a retrial.
A Country that Punishes Drug Traffickers with Death is Investing in Medical Marijuana
One of the countries with the world’s harshest drug laws is planning to invest in medicinal pot.
Iran Drug Execution Frenzy Continues This Year
Last Wednesday, three men convicted of drug related charges were hanged in the prison in the Iranian city of Isfahan, state media reported. The prisoners died unnamed; only the charges and the fact of their execution were mentioned.
Indonesian Court Gives British Grandmother Death for Drugs
An Indonesian court Tuesday sentenced a British woman to death for trying to smuggle about 10 pounds of cocaine into the resort island of Bali, the anti-death penalty group Hands off Cain reported. Lindsay Sandiford, 56, cried when she heard the sentence, but had no other comment before being led back to jail.
Singapore Death Row Drug Defendants Can Now Seek Review
Drug traffickers and other death row inmates in Singapore can now seek review of their death sentences after changes to the island city-state's mandatory death sentence went into effect with the new year, the anti-death penalty group Hands Off Cain reported. Some 32 people whose appeals had already ended sit on death row there; it is unclear how many are drug traffickers.
Gary Johnson Outs Newt Gingrich? ‘Among 100 Million Americans Who Smoke Marijuana’
Gingrich proposed the the death penalty for possession of marijuana despite his own personal use
