[Zhang Fei]

I would argue that the Chin case is an outlier. In the 2011 case of Annie Le in CT, the guy got 44 years in prison via a plea deal. In this other case, the murderers of a New York Chinese takeout owner got an average of 15 years in prison.

The real problem is excessive leniency in the system, and a refusal to fast track homicide cases. Singapore executes the perps in 1 out of every 2 homicides, and does it within 3 years of the perps' arrest. If we did that stateside, we'd execute about 8,000 perps a year for a short time, but our homicide rates would soon rival Singapore's, which are 1/20 of ours.

[equaviator]

How is Singapore’s economy these days? How was it in 1982? I should look it up...