Anthony Ler case

chronicles SG

What would most probably be the verdict once the murderer(then 15) is released from jail?I know he is kept under the President’s jurisdiction?orders or something like that, will he get a name change or something like that if he is released?

SMAPLionHeart SG

sentenced to death

sohguanh SG

I saw the Police show conclusion is Anthony Ler was hanged but that kid who did the job was kept in jail indefinitely ? Maybe wait for President pardon once he is old already ?

sbst275 SG

Usually they are released when they are adults

ndmmxiaomayi SG

What if change President? Will he be pardoned?

sbst275 SG

Aiyoh, they will

Who cares who is the President

Honeybunz SG

Isn't he locked there forever, like life sentence?

cornyfish2000 SG

That boy, like any other young person under the age of 18 years who has been convicted of a capital offence, was sentenced to Detention at the President's Pleasure...

Which is essentially imprisonment for an indefinite length of time. From past cases, such prisoners are usually imprisoned for at least 20 years before they are pardoned. Although legally speaking, they can be imprisoned for the rest of their natural lives.

Devil1976 SG

Hmm….

UOS SG

Whether he is spared o not...he is a person who was somehow tricked into that situation. SO young and so naive.....

chronicles SG

i heard anthony ler threathened to kill him if he did not carry out

cornyfish2000 SG

Ya, i really pity that boy... I think the case was shown in True Files 2 saturdays ago.

Well, at least the real plotter Anthony Ler got his just desserts.. he destroyed 4 lives:
1) That of his wife (whom he got the boy to kill),
2) His daughter (who is now an orphan),
3) His mother (who was heartbroken to have her only son sent to the gallows),
4) The boy murderer who he skilfully manipulated (who will never get to enjoy life and see the world beyond the 4 walls of his prison cell)

iveco SG

Death was too cheap for this wicked man. I would have loved to see him go insane while serving a life sentence. Twisted Evil

sbst275 SG

No matter what, he has been hanged...

FireIce SG

imagine being released 20yrs later......when u come out......wat kinda world will u be seeing?
and will u be able to adapt and carry on with life?

launtpc SG

This is Singapore.

iveco SG

Even so, there are things far worse than death. Serial killers in UK have been so badly tormented by their guilty consciences that they committed suicide in their prison cells.

sbst275 SG

Well, that's also a torture right?

renorenal SG

Constitutionalisation or Institutionalisation???

Whatever... Shawshank Redemption

That guy go 50 years in jail and when he came out, he killed himself, misses jail too much.

cornyfish2000 SG

Those who would like to have a taste of life behind bars can check out the recently decommissioned johor baru prison now opened to tourists for RM20 per night..

The prison wardens (now tour guides) there will treat all visitors as though they were real prisoners.. The New Paper recently sent a reporter there to experience a night in prison and had a report of his experience published.

If one night's stay as a tourist there is bad enough, just imagine what 20 years in there is like, as a real prisoner. Worse still, for those sentenced to life imprisonment, where they really got nothing to look forward to.. come to think of it, it is almost as bad as the death penalty itself.