Some people will say that flogging is just a few times. No big deal. If you understand it this way, you are wrong. The taste of flogging is really beyond ordinary people's understanding. According to statistics, a person who is flogged three times on average will faint with pain, because the whip used for flogging is specially made, with a length of more than1.2m and a diameter of not less than 65438. Before whipping, the whip used for walking should be soaked in water to ensure the toughness of the whip. In order to prevent the whip from breaking and injuring the prisoner, the whip used for execution should be disinfected before use.
After all, more than 90% people who have been executed will be beaten to pieces. Singapore's flogging regulations stipulate that people who perform flogging must undergo special training, and generally choose burly and muscular policemen to ensure the strength and quality of punishment. The reason why Singapore still retains flogging is not only to bring physical trauma to criminals, but also to form criminals' minds.
Because every time Singapore executes flogging, it invites the media to report publicly. On the one hand, it can guarantee objectivity and justice; On the other hand, it can give people with criminal tendencies a deterrent effect. From this perspective, we can understand why the crime rate in Singapore is really low, which further strengthens the law-abiding awareness of Singaporean citizens.
Of course, Singapore's flogging has been criticized by international human rights organizations and western countries. For example, in 1993, a young American, Mike Peter Phil, was sentenced to six lashes in Singapore for destroying public property, which triggered a diplomatic crisis between Singapore and the United States. Even then American President Bill Clinton intervened, and Singaporean President Wang Dingchang changed his sentence from six lashes to four lashes.
Whipping has a long history in Singapore, which can be traced back to 1826 and has been used ever since. Although its existence in Singapore has been controversial, there are also a large number of people in Singapore who support flogging. I think there are several reasons why flogging can still be used in Singapore.
First of all, at the beginning of the founding of Singapore, the economic development was not optimistic, which led to a large number of unemployment and the crime rate continued to rise. In this case, the punishment of flogging has played a positive role in limiting illegal crimes to a certain extent. In this respect, it has indeed played a certain role in Singapore's economic and social development, especially in reducing the crime rate.
Secondly, Singaporeans highly approve of flogging. Whipping cannot be carried out casually, but must be carried out in accordance with Singapore laws. Therefore, flogging will not cause panic among Singaporeans. The advantage of flogging is that it has indeed made great contributions to the legal construction and good social atmosphere in Singapore, and it has indeed played an important role in punishing bad behavior.
Finally, Singapore flogging has played a role in preventing the second illegal crime. It can make people remember deeply, and the smallest punishment is the biggest spiritual punishment. It strengthens the moral quality of Singaporeans, and at the same time strengthens Singaporeans' awareness of law-abiding. From this perspective, flogging is indeed necessary.
Whipping is a kind of corporal punishment. At present, corporal punishment has been abolished in many civilized countries in the east and west, and only Singapore has retained it. Singapore's legal department believes that simple imprisonment may not be enough to punish prisoners. Many professional criminals in today's society do not regard imprisonment as much punishment, and even rely on prison. As a developed country, Singapore also attaches great importance to the construction of prisons, and the conditions inside prisons are also good. Many felons have decent food even if they live in a single room. They don't have to do heavy manual labor, but at most they do some low-tech work.
This has always been what many criminals yearn for. It is precisely because of this layer in Singapore that corporal punishment has not been abolished, and corporal punishment of criminals will make him fresh in his memory and make prisoners feel scared. Of course, Singapore's flogging is not to seek the repentance of criminals blindly. Moreover, during the implementation, professional doctors will constantly check whether the prisoners can bear it. The execution will use the strength of the whole body, not just the strength of the arm, so the pain and strength of the criminal will be unbearable when a whip comes down. In Singapore, the punishment of flogging is usually robbery, drug trafficking and illegal possession of weapons.
Whipping is a compulsory punishment, which cannot be mitigated and must be carried out. Of course, female prisoners will not be punished, and those who are older or have special diseases can also be exempted from the punishment of flogging to prevent accidental death. Among the flogging cases in Singapore, a flogging case in 1994 has attracted the most attention. Michael, an American who immigrated to Singapore with his parents. He was once sentenced to flogging by the laws of Singapore, because he was found to be over the legal age 18 after repeatedly doodling walls and cars with many friends, so he was punished as an adult and sentenced to 6 flogging and 4 months imprisonment. At that time, the American government was alert, and even Clinton himself repeatedly made representations to the Singapore government, demanding that corporal punishment be abolished and replaced by other forms.
At that time, the American society also wrote to the Singapore embassy in the United States, demanding that the American citizen's sentence be reduced. Even the US Senate solemnly passed a resolution demanding that the US government stop Singapore's use of flogging against Americans. But people in Singapore and the United States are very much in favor of punishing this American citizen. As Singapore's judicial department said, in fact, for many criminals, depriving them of their freedom for several years and months cannot give them real legal shock. Many criminals are recidivists. It doesn't seem important to them to deprive them of their freedom. We can't achieve what we want by blindly carrying out ideological criticism education.
Therefore, in many ways, flogging still works. Especially when facing the perpetrators. There are many drawbacks in the current law, among which the most criticized is the criminal's repentance statement in court. Many criminals want to take the form of mitigated punishment. Whether they really repent or deserve legal forgiveness is not necessarily true. Just for personal gain, I hope to get a reduced sentence and be lenient. Only the punishment of this kind of person's body can really shock him.