Singapore executes intellectually impaired man after tearful family farewell
An intellectually impaired man has been executed in Singapore according to his family after an unsuccessful 11th-hour bid by his mother to spare his life was thrown out.
in Singapore’s Court of Appeal in a bid to stop the death penalty from being carried out but it was rejected. His case attracted international attention as his legal team sought to have his mandatory death sentence commuted to life in prison on the basis he had a mental disability including an IQ of 69.
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