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The President's Pleasure (TPP) in Singapore was a practice of indefinite imprisonment formerly applied to offenders who were convicted of capital offences but were below the age of 18 at the time of their crimes. Such offenders will not be sentenced to death in accordance to the death penalty laws in Singapore and are indefinitely detained by order of the President of Singapore. This is similarly practised, till today, for offenders who were of unsound mind when they committed any crimes and are thus not subject to any punishment but indefinite detainment at prisons or medical facilities in Singapore.
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- ↑ "Teen Sentenced as Sex Offender in Consensual Act With Girlfriend". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. 25 June 1997.
- ↑ "Fiancee Urges Leniency for 'Father of My Unborn Baby'", Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 June 1997
- ↑ "Town Backs Teenage Dad In Sex Assault Statutory Rape Law Blocks Wedding Plans". The Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. 28 April 1997.
- ↑ "Teen sex verdict stands". Journal Times.