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The Association of Women for Action and Research noted that other jurisdictions such as Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom do not consider a sexual offender’s prospects as mitigating factors. Pexel pic via TODAY
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SINGAPORE, Mar 7 The signal from the Home Affairs and Law Minister K Shanmugam that women’s safety comes before the rehabilitation potential of male sexual offenders was welcomed by the Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware) and lawyers who spoke to TODAY.
However, they said that more can still be done to support victims of sexual crime, as well as to intensify efforts to raise awareness about how the law ensures justice is served on such offenders.
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The maximum penalties for three types of sexual offences will each be increased by a year, after a review of how some sexual and violence-related crimes are sentenced by Singapore courts, Minister of Law K Shanmugam said on Friday (Mar 5). 2 related media assets (image or videos) available. Click to see the gallery.
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