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A Global Study on Wrongful Convictions
By Chong Joe En In April 2011, lawyers, scholars, and exonerated victims from across the globe convened in Cincinnati to explore the phenomenon of wrongful convictions in the international arena. The...
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Professor Roger Hood & the Mandatory Death Penalty
By Leong Li Jie Time and again, Parliament and the judiciary have defended our laws permitting the mandatory death penalty (or MDP in short). Enshrined in s. 302 of the Penal Code (Cap 224, 2008 Rev...
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Escaping the gallows – Drug Mules, Death Penalties and Discretion
By Yeoh Jean Ann, An Xian Chen, Shannon Chua, Kevin Lau Singapore is famous for her zero-tolerance approach against drugs, and infamous for having one of the world’s highest per-capita execution...
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Dealing with Obsolete Forensic Methods
By Jeremy Goh, Reynard Chua and Ng Yeeting Santae Tribble, 52, was convicted for the murder of a Southeast Washington taxi driver in 1978. The killer was witnessed to be wearing a stocking. A piece of...
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Amending the Charge: Case Study of Public Prosecutor v Shaik Alaudeen
By Elena Tan, Ernest Wong, Loh Tian Kai and Wong Ee Ming In the landmark case of Public Prosecutor v. Shaik Alaudeen,1 Justice Choo Han Teck had to grapple with the limits of the High Court’s exercise...
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Mental Illness and Malingering
By Chong Joe En Mental illnesses are an unspoken and often unseen aspect of any society and Singapore is no exception. Studies show that at least 1 in 17 Singaporeans have suffered from depression at...
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One Person’s Word Against Another
By Sim Yizhen, Xing Yun, Hong Jia Hui and Valencia Soh “The truth is rarely pure and never simple”, opined the famous playwright Oscar Wilde. Indeed, ascertaining the truth in most sexual assault cases...
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An interview with former Supreme Court Judge, Mr Kan Ting Chiu
Mr Kan Ting Chiu. Image credit: Supreme Court Singapore Annual Report 2011 By Vincent Ho, Teo Ho Hong, Hoang Linh Trang and Stacey Lopez Innocence Project Members Hoang Linh Trang and Johnson Teo had...
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Making legal tidal waves
Mr. V. K. Rajah Image Credit: Supreme Court Annual Report 2008 By Michael Hor and Jaryl Lim From heading a law office, to being on the Bench and then assuming office as Attorney-General of Singapore on...
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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...
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Plea 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...
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Righting 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...
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Righting 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...
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Righting 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...
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Innocence 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...
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Silence 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...
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Exclusive 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,...
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Uncovering 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”)...
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Updates: 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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