High Court dismisses challenge to Singapore’s mandatory death penalty

High Court dismisses challenge to Singapore’s mandatory death penalty

On 16 December 2025, the High Court of Singapore dismissed a constitutional challenge to the mandatory death penalty, finding that the seven applicants did not have the legal standing (locus standi) to bring the case. Justice Hoo Sheau Peng ruled that while the applicants expressed strong personal and moral opposition to capital punishment, none had shown that their own constitutional rights had been infringed. Emotional, reputational, or ideolo…