In 2023, Branson once again spoke up against Singapore's stance of capital punishment when he protested against the upcoming execution of Tangaraju Suppiah, a 46-year-old Singaporean who was found guilty of trafficking 1 kg of marijuana and scheduled to hang on 26 April 2023, and Branson claimed that Tangaraju was 'innocent' of the crime he was convicted for. In October 2022, the Singapore Ministry of Home Affairs invited Branson to Singapore for a live televised debate on Singapore's approach towards drugs and the death penalty with K Shanmugam, Singapore's Minister for Home Affairs and Law. After Nagaenthran was executed by hanging at Changi Prison, Branson expressed disappointment in Singapore for its 'relentless machinery of death' since it left 'no room for decency, dignity, compassion, or mercy'.
Dharmalingam, a Malaysian drug trafficker who was convicted and sentenced to Singapore's death row for heroin trafficking. It has no place in the world.' In 2015, Branson released a letter in support of American inmate Richard Glossip on the day he was due to be executed, and in 2021 Branson was among the public figures who called on Singapore to halt the execution of Nagaenthran K. Branson is an opponent of the death penalty, stating: 'the death penalty is always cruel, barbaric and inhumane.
