Death Penalty in Singapore

I'm so angry.

The news is on again on Nguyen Tuong Van and his date of hanging.
What is it with the protests on his death sentence?
They proclaim it inhumane and cruel. An UN official also made some remarks. But he got rebuked by the Singapore Government for acing out of line. lol
Singapore's laws state that if you to be caught trafficking more than 15g of heroin, it's off to the gallows for you.

Don't the people understand what laws mean?

Without it? How do we keep the peace and order in place?

That guy so broke the law when he did drug trafficking. He was carrying 396g of heroin, for goodness sake!
No matter how i see, 396/15= 26.4.
That's 26.4 times over the the limit that qualifies you for death automatically!
All the sad stories about how he's being forced to do drug trafficking so as to clear his twin brother's legal debt ain't gonna change the laws at all.

Oh, getting the Queen, Pope or PM John Howard to help ain't gonna do much. It'll just further solidify the determination to hang him. The idea of getting PM John Howard to plead for clemency is good though. But getting the Queen and the Pope to plead for clemency is downright ridiculous.
Nguyen was caught red-handed. That's all there is to it. If there's people to blame, blame it on the people who forced him to do drug trafficking. They're the ones who promised him they'll clear his brother's debt if he were to bring in the drugs.
Oh, the drug addicts and those into casual drug use. You can blame them as well. It's their insatiable appetite for drugs that makes people wanna bring in drugs to sell it to them.
Next time, if you see someone taking drugs in the street, you can blame that person for causing Nguyen's death. It's because of these drug abusers, people like Nguyen are in such predicament. It's a endless cycle.

Anyway, back to the reason why so many people are condemning the death penalty that Singapore has in place. What is wrong with that system? Can't anyone see it is a form of deterrance?

In the world today, isn't prevention better than cure?
Take for example; the punishment for killing of someone with intent is death by hanging. With such a law in place, wouldn't you think twice about killing people? If you'd still commit that act, i'd say you're obviously someone who's prepared to face the punishment.
To further elaborate, what kept you from killing the person that you hated the most? The rationale of morality, or the rationale of the punishment that would follow if you kill someone? I'd bet that it is the law which keeps you in place most of the time.
Without laws to govern society, how would society progress? I don't think you'll wanna be in a place where rampant killings and lootings take place right? Same case in point, in criminalising drug trafficking and making it punishable by death, wouldn't it make people think twice? Abuse and addiction of drugs is a social ill and must be stopped at all costs, in my opinion.
Look at the lives of the people that were destroyed by drugs.
If there is a way to stem the inflow of drugs into a country; and it is deterrance throught the form of mandatory death sentence, why not impose it?
Others may think, why not just impose a longer jail term instead of a death sentence?
But what do you think would be more effective in sending out the message that drug related offences are very serious crimes and ought to be stopped?

Some people wouldn't care that much about spending some time in prison for drug related offences when they get caught. After all, they'll be getting out in a couple of years, with a parole to boot.

But put in capital punishment in the equation and people will definitely start have second thoughts about it.

Look at the amount of people from Australia caught for drug-related offences in other countries. Are they too ignorant about the laws that govern other countries?

Or do they have the belief that nothing would happen to them when they're caught. No matter how serious the crime is?

It is the naiveness/ignorance of people that often paves the road to disaster.

Maybe people should start looking at the death sentence of Nguyen as a lesson learnt that drug-related offences are serious crimes that they should never fool around with.