Alan Shadrake, 76, was sentenced and fined Sg$20,000 ($16,000) in November last year after Singapore's High Court ruled that his book on the death penalty broke the city-state's laws.
Shadrake's lawyer M. Ravi told the Court of Appeal on Monday the book, entitled "Once a Jolly Hangman: Singapore Justice in the Dock", did not damage public confidence in the judiciary. Full story
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