Malaysian lawmakers move to scrap mandatory death penalty and natural-life sentences | South China Morning Post

Malaysia’s lower house of parliament has passed a legal reform measure that would put an end to issuance of mandatory death penalties and natural-life sentences. The country paused executions in 2018, but courts have continued to send inmates to death row. The bill passed by the Dewan Rakyat on April 3, 2023, would …

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