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A court reporter takes notes as justice, mercy are dispensed

The most unlikely people can end up as offenders but, fortunately, the judges weigh many factors before they pass a sentence.

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The courts can show you that evil exists. But they can also shine the light on humans who have erred and genuinely want to pay the price for their wrongdoings.

The courts can show you that evil exists. But they can also shine the light on humans who have erred and genuinely want to pay the price for their wrongdoings.

ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG

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SINGAPORE – The frail man hunched over in a wheelchair looked nothing like a criminal.

And yet,

the man in his 70s

who had a mental condition

had started a fire

wh

ich killed a domestic helper

living in the flat above him.

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