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Singapore narrows the mandatory death penalty

Courts gained discretion to impose life imprisonment instead of death on a qualifying drug courier who substantially assists the authorities or whose mental responsibility was substantially impaired. The substantial-assistance route also requires at least 15 strokes of the cane; the impaired-responsibility route does not.

Source: Singapore Statutes Online — Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Act 2012

Listed for context. No score change is recorded for Singapore here.