Dewan Rakyat passes bill to allow review of sentence on death row inmates

Dewan Rakyat passes bill to allow review of sentence on death row inmates FMTNews

The Death Penalty and Life Imprisonment Review Bill will only allow a review of the sentence and not the conviction itself, says deputy law and institutional reform minister Ramkarpal Singh.

The Death Penalty and Life Imprisonment Review Bill 2023 passed through a voice vote after it had been tabled for its second and third reading by deputy law and institutional reform minister Ramkarpal Singh.Death row inmates will only be allowed to file an application to review their sentence once. However, the Federal Court would be allowed to extend the 90-day time frame.

On March 23, law and institutional reform minister Azalina Othman Said said the Death Penalty and Life Imprisonment Review Bill was expected to have an impact on 957 people who are on death row and those on natural life imprisonment who had exhausted their appeal process in court.

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