I hope this has not come up already but I was reading the article and all I can say is wow. I know this may stir some different opinions but I wanted to see what you guys/gals thought. Do you think this is overkill (no pun intended) or a fair sentence for the crime? And, what kind of effect do you think a punishment of this nature would have if instituted in the US?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051201/ap_on_re_as/singapore_australian
By comparison, they have executed 100 for drug crimes since 1999 and we (the US) are approaching 1,000 in almost 30 years.