Editing Capital punishment (section)

===Murder===
Intentional homicide is punishable by death in most countries retaining capital punishment, but generally provided it involves an aggravating factor required by statute or judicial precedents.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}

Some countries, including Singapore and [[Malaysia]], made the death penalty mandatory for murder, though Singapore later changed its [[Death penalty in Singapore|laws since 2013]] to reserve the mandatory death sentence for intentional murder while providing an alternative sentence of life imprisonment with/without [[caning in Singapore|caning]] for murder with no intention to cause death, which allowed some convicted murderers on death row in Singapore (including [[Kho Jabing]]) to apply for the reduction of their death sentences after the courts in Singapore confirmed that they committed murder without the intention to kill, and are thus eligible for re-sentencing under the new death penalty laws in Singapore.<ref name="Tang">{{Cite news |first=Louisa |last=Tang |date=30 November 2018 |url=https://www.todayonline.com/big-read/big-read-capital-punishment-little-more-conversation-matter-life-and-death|title=The Big Read: Capital punishment – a little more conversation on a matter of life and death|website=Today Singapore|access-date=16 April 2022}}</ref><ref name="channelnewsasia.com">{{Cite web |first1=Imelda |last1=Saad |first2=S |last2=Ramesh |date=9 July 2012 |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/singapore-completes-review-mandatory-death-penalty-1906591 |title=Singapore completes review of mandatory death penalty |website=Channel NewsAsia |access-date=16 April 2022}}</ref> In October 2018 the [[Malaysian Government]] imposed a [[Moratorium (law)|moratorium]] on all executions until the passage of a new law that would abolish the death penalty.<ref name="NST 11 Oct 18">{{cite news |title=Death penalty to be abolished |url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2018/10/419931/death-penalty-be-abolished |access-date=11 October 2018 |newspaper=[[New Straits Times]] |date=10 October 2018}}</ref><ref name="CNA 10 Oct 18">{{cite news |title=Malaysia to abolish death penalty; Bill may be tabled soon |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/malaysia-to-abolish-death-penalty-bill-may-be-tabled-soon-10812718 |access-date=11 October 2018 |publisher=[[Channel News Asia]] |date=10 October 2018 |archive-date=10 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010160445/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/malaysia-to-abolish-death-penalty-bill-may-be-tabled-soon-10812718 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="ABC 11 Oct 2018">{{cite news |last1=Shelton |first1=Tracey |last2=Renaldi |first2=Erwin |title=Malaysian Government's plans to abolish death penalty could save Sydney grandmother's life |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-11/malaysia-to-abolish-the-death-penalty/10363948 |access-date=11 October 2018 |work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] |date=11 October 2018}}</ref> In April 2023, legislation abolishing the mandatory death penalty was passed in Malaysia. The death penalty would be retained, but courts have the discretion to replace it with other punishments, including [[whipping]] and imprisonment of 30–40 years.<ref name=abcapr2023>{{cite web | title=Malaysia passes sweeping legal reforms to remove the mandatory death penalty| website =[[ABC News (Australia)]] | date=3 April 2023 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-03/malaysia-scraps-mandatory-death-penalty-legal-reforms/102182802 | access-date=4 April 2023}}</ref>