Over 1,000 inmates on death row may be spared the gallows following new law

KUALA LUMPUR: The 1,318 inmates on death row may be spared the gallows following a law passed by the Dewan Rakyat on Monday (April 3) to allow for a review of their mandatory death sentences.

"We cannot shy away from the conversation as to the fate of those on death row under the moratorium against the death penalty which was imposed in 2018," said Ramkarpal Singh.

"It is not an appeal against their conviction but an application to review their mandatory death sentences by the Federal Court," he said.Ramkarpal said that he had personally visited several death row inmates in Kajang before the proposed laws were tabled in Parliament. "The courts still have the powers to maintain the death penalty if it decides so after reviewing the earlier sentence that was meted," said Ramkarpal.

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