The Injustice of Rehabilitation
By Charis Wong, Jaryl Lim Zhi Wei, Mok Ho Fai and Valerie Lew Jia Min. At the recent Criminal Law Conference 2014, Law Minister K. Shanmugam laid out four fundamental principles that anchor Singapore’s...
View ArticlePlea Bargaining in Singapore: Reaping the Pros & Mitigating the Pitfalls
By Yeoh Jean Ann, Alastair Simon Chetty, Jolin Chen and Toh Ming Min. Introduction Image Credit: Ben Sutherland. Header: Emmanuel Huybrechts. Both licensed under CC BY 3.0 US In his speech at the...
View ArticleRighting an injustice: Innocence Project (Singapore)’s first successful case
In September 2013, a student team from the Innocence Project (Singapore) took on the case of Abdul [1], who had been sentenced to imprisonment and caning for unlawful consumption of drugs. The team’s...
View ArticleRighting an injustice Part Two: The team shares their thoughts
In September 2013, a student team from the Innocence Project (Singapore) took on the case of Abdul, who had been sentenced to imprisonment and caning for unlawful consumption of drugs. The team’s...
View ArticleRighting an injustice Part Three: Getting to know Mr. Mervyn Cheong
In September 2013, a student team from the Innocence Project (Singapore) took on the case of Abdul[1], who had been sentenced to imprisonment and caning for unlawful consumption of drugs. The team’s...
View ArticleInnocence Project (Singapore) wins Projects (New initiative) Award at NUS...
The National University of Singapore Student Achievement Awards (SAA) is an annual event organised by the Office of Student Affairs (OSA). SAA aims to recognize exception individuals and student groups...
View ArticleSilence is Not Golden: Adverse Inferences Drawn From Remaining Silent
By Tan Shi Hui Elena, Loo Tze Ting Dorothy Ann, Lim Min Li Amanda and Tan Pei Wei. Section 261 of the Criminal Procedure Code gives the Courts the ability to draw adverse inferences from an accused’s...
View ArticleExclusive Interview with Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong,...
By Chan Jian Da (Kenneth) and Rebecca Koh Innocence Project (Singapore) (“IP(SG)”) members – Chan Jian Da (Kenneth), Abhinav Mohan and Jaryl Lim had the privilege of interviewing Professor Michael Hor,...
View ArticleUncovering Miscarriages of Justice
A Case Commentary on Veeramani Manikam v Public Prosecutor [2015] SGHC 201 By Chan Jian Da, Roi Tan Yu Ming, Joel Jaryn Yap Shen For three years and seven months, Mr Veeramani Manikam (“the accused”)...
View ArticleUpdates: Name Change, New Website, and more!
Dear all, Thank you for your continued support all these years. As of November 2018, The Innocence Project (SG) is officially renaming itself to The Recourse Initiative. This move was taken to better...
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