Word: faye
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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There is little hope at this point for spearing Fay, who has lost all appeals, and can only tremble at his fate. Despite the personal intervention of President the Bill Clinton, Singapore appears unmoved and perhaps rightly so; the status of being American or being ignorant of the nation's laws should furnish Fay no excuse...
Recognizing this, Amnesty International and the national press have moved beyond the specifics of Fay's case to a broader criticism of the inhumanity of corporal punishment. A comparison of our two justice systems, however suggests that it may be ours that is less humane...
...confinement to prison generates hate as much as any whipping. And public opinion, at least in the Fay case, has clearly supported corporal punishment. A regulated use of corporal punishment, such as that in Singapore, would address the constitutional concerns of the court...
...point is not necessarily that Michael Fay should be caned. In this case, an eye for an eye, or an egg for an egg, might be most appropriate; certainly nothing has been perpetrated that a little community service couldn't repair...
Allegations have arisen that Fay has been made a scapegoat, and that corporal punishment for his case is excessive even by Singaporean standards...