Pre-trial Remandees Offered Bail but Declined

Debated in Parliament on 11 Sep 2017.

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Asst Prof Mahdev Mohan queried the Ministry of Law about pre-trial remandees who declined bail from 2011 onward and their subsequent sentencing outcomes.
K Shanmugam responded that the Ministry does not track the number of remandees who refuse bail.
The debate highlighted a lack of data on how many remandees who declined bail faced longer detention than their eventual sentences or received non-custodial outcomes.
The central issue is the absence of statistics to assess the impact of bail refusal on detention periods and judicial outcomes.
The response underscored a systemic gap in monitoring post-bail-decision outcomes for remandees.

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Asst Prof Mahdev Mohan

Asst Prof Mahdev Mohan asked the Minister for Law in each year since 2011 (a) what is the number of pre-trial remandees who have been offered the option of being released on bail but do not avail themselves of it; and (b) how many persons within this group have been ultimately remanded for a longer period of time than their custodial sentences or have been given non-custodial sentences or acquitted by the Courts.

K Shanmugam

We do not track the number of pre-trial remandees who have been offered the option of being released on bail but do not avail themselves of it.

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Asst Prof Mahdev Mohan queried the Ministry of Law about pre-trial remandees who declined bail from 2011 onward and their subsequent sentencing outcomes.
K Shanmugam responded that the Ministry does not track the number of remandees who refuse bail.
The debate highlighted a lack of data on how many remandees who declined bail faced longer detention than their eventual sentences or received non-custodial outcomes.
The central issue is the absence of statistics to assess the impact of bail refusal on detention periods and judicial outcomes.
The response underscored a systemic gap in monitoring post-bail-decision outcomes for remandees.

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Pre-trial Remandees Offered Bail but Declined

Debated in Parliament on 11 Sep 2017.

Summary written by AI (learn more)

Asst Prof Mahdev Mohan queried the Ministry of Law about pre-trial remandees who declined bail from 2011 onward and their subsequent sentencing outcomes.
K Shanmugam responded that the Ministry does not track the number of remandees who refuse bail.
The debate highlighted a lack of data on how many remandees who declined bail faced longer detention than their eventual sentences or received non-custodial outcomes.
The central issue is the absence of statistics to assess the impact of bail refusal on detention periods and judicial outcomes.
The response underscored a systemic gap in monitoring post-bail-decision outcomes for remandees.

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Asst Prof Mahdev Mohan

K Shanmugam

We do not track the number of pre-trial remandees who have been offered the option of being released on bail but do not avail themselves of it.

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Asst Prof Mahdev Mohan queried the Ministry of Law about pre-trial remandees who declined bail from 2011 onward and their subsequent sentencing outcomes.
K Shanmugam responded that the Ministry does not track the number of remandees who refuse bail.
The debate highlighted a lack of data on how many remandees who declined bail faced longer detention than their eventual sentences or received non-custodial outcomes.
The central issue is the absence of statistics to assess the impact of bail refusal on detention periods and judicial outcomes.
The response underscored a systemic gap in monitoring post-bail-decision outcomes for remandees.

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Pre-trial Remandees Offered Bail but Declined

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Asst Prof Mahdev Mohan

K Shanmugam

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Pre-trial Remandees Offered Bail but Declined

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Asst Prof Mahdev Mohan

K Shanmugam

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