But everything is not absolute, and some countries still keep some special criminal laws. Arab countries in the Middle East retain beheading and stoning, and Singapore also retains flogging. As the name implies, it is whipped, but the whipping in Singapore has made countries all over the world tremble.
Whipping exists in all periods of history, and it has been used by Jews, Egyptians, Persians and Spartans. Whipping was born in Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties in China, and was mainly used by slaves. Singapore's flogging is mainly inherited from Britain.
/kloc-during the 0/9th century, Stanford, an employee of British East India? Raffles landed in Singapore. 1824, Britain began to colonize Singapore. In order to govern Singapore, Britain used flogging. According to 1948 prison regulations of Singapore prison.
For prisoners who seriously violate the prison regulations, the prison authorities can sentence them to a maximum of flogging 12 flogging, or judges who come out of prison can sentence them to a maximum of 24 flogging; For minors under the age of 15, the prison judge can only sentence them to 6 lashes at most. ?
Whipping, as the name implies, is spanking. Whipping is mainly aimed at men, and women do not need to bear whipping. 1993, 3,244 men in Singapore have been sentenced to flogging. By 2007, the number had doubled, with more than 6,000 criminals and at least 30 crimes.
Whipping is a mandatory criminal law, and there is no such thing as commutation. Today, the list of people who have committed flogging is still expanding. In Singapore, the whip used for execution is1.2m long and1.3cm thick. Before the execution, the whip will be soaked in clear water for one night to fully absorb water, enhance flexibility and prevent the dry whip from breaking at any time.
Whipping stipulates that every time a whip is given, the doctor should check it carefully. If the prisoner can't stand it, he will stop the execution. After three months, the prisoner will continue to bear the next whip until it is completely smoked. According to Singapore's prison records, no one has ever been able to stand whipping at once.
More? Humane? What's more, after the prisoners stripped off their clothes, all major newspapers in Singapore could come and take photos. Prisons also do this to promote flogging, thus controlling those potential criminals. Moreover, Singapore flogging is not only applicable to Singapore nationals, no matter which country you are from, you will be flogged as long as you commit crimes in Singapore.
1993, an American boy of 18 years old punctured a car tire, doodled and smashed a window with an axe in Singapore. As a result, he was sentenced to 12 whip. Even Clinton came forward at that time. Singapore changed to four strokes out of respect, but the rest of the criminal law remained unchanged.
Because of this, flogging has become a criminal law that all countries in the world are quite afraid of.