death sentence

This is the latest in a series of legal actions seen by critics as a move to intimidate lawyers challenging the city-state's narrative on capital punishment.

Prominent lawyer Violet Netto is accused of practising with an expired certificate.

They ask if lawyers in the city-state are afraid to represent prisoners in important legal matters due to fear of government reprisal.

Lawyers for Liberty says M Ravi faces a long list of disciplinary and contempt actions which threaten his finances and profession as a lawyer.

'Our worst nightmares have come true,' his sister says as she continues to plead for an end to the death penalty.

The speed at which the appeal was made, within a matter of hours, caught many in the legal community by surprise.

Datchinamurthy Kataiah has been granted a stay of execution pending the hearing of his legal challenge on May 20.

His family say they accept his death 'with a heavy heart'.

He says it left 'no room for decency, dignity, compassion, or mercy' in sending Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam to the gallows.

Datchinamurthy Kataiah's case bears many similarities to that of Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam, amid a climate of intimidation against lawyers handling death row cases.

The Singapore Attorney-General's Chambers says it will take contempt action over comments made locally and abroad on Nagaenthran's case.

His execution came after more than a decade on death row and despite efforts at both the domestic and international level to halt it.