Martha C. Nussbaum, The Indian Express 28 February 2013 The execution of Afzal Guru on February 9 reopened the question of India’s continuing attachment to capital punishment. Like relatively few large industrial democracies, India and the US continue to practise and… Continue Reading →
Rajeev Dhavan – India Today TAGS: Afzal Guru | Death penalty | Congress |Sushilkumar Shinde | BJP |Veerappan Afzal Guru When people kill it is homicide. When the State hangs, it is legicide. When terrorists kill, it is collective murder.When terrorists are killed, it is justified as counter-terrorism. When… Continue Reading →
: Monday, February 25, 2013, Zee News Tags: Mahatma Gandhi, violence against women, Death penalty, Ela Gandhi Melbourne: Amid a debate in India over capital punishment for rapists, the granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi on Monday said the death sentence is not the solution to… Continue Reading →
ByArun Janardhanan, TNN | Feb 24, 2013 Justice Thomas said the judgment itself had ‘errors’ as the death sentences had not considered the antecedents, nature and character of the accused. CHENNAI: It would be ‘constitutionally incorrect’ now to hang the three people… Continue Reading →
PTI Feb 18, 2013, (M Karunanidhi said the hangings…) CHENNAI: Renewing his demand for abolishing death penalty, DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Monday said the hangings being implemented now could have been prevented had the demand to do away with this… Continue Reading →
Saturday, February 16, 2013 Satya Prakash, Hindustan Times New Delhi, Notwithstanding the rarest of rare doctrine propounded by the Supreme Court, awarding death penalty does not appear to be so rare for courts in India. Indian courts gave death penalty to… Continue Reading →
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ByKarthick S, TNN | Feb 13, 2013, 0 The mercy petitions of four Veerappan associates, sentenced to death in a landmine blast case, were rejected by President Pranab Mukherjee, an advocate S Balamurugan, appearing for the accused, said. CHENNAI: The mercy petitions… Continue Reading →
Kolkata, Feb 7, 2013, Outlook Amid the nationwide debate over giving rapists the death penalty, Nobel prize winning economist Amartya Sen is not in favour of capital punishment, saying it does not serve as a “deterrent” and “preventive function”.Sen at… Continue Reading →
IANS | Feb 3, 2013, 10.46 AM IST Sharmila TagoreMore Pics Veteran actress Sharmila Tagore opposed capital punishment for rape saying death is neither the ultimate punishment nor a deterrent.“I don’t think death the ultimate punishment. It is not a deterrent because when the… Continue Reading →
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