Tag death penalty
The revealing documentary how an innocent was framed into the case. The matter of denied justice and how media marginalizes this as a tamil issue, while it was an issue of miscarriage of justice and of national importance and pride…. Continue Reading →
Amartya Sen, Aamir Khan, N.R. Narayana Murthy, Vikram Seth and other eminent economists, lawyers, writers, and artists have signed statements opposing the death penalty describing it as a cruel and barbaric punishment with no deterrence value. A solidarity statement signed… Continue Reading →
The Supreme Court defends the right to life and liberty of death-row convicts until the hanging and commutes the death sentences of 15 convicts to life imprisonment. By V. VENKATESAN ON January 21, the Supreme Court took a huge step… Continue Reading →
Danish Raza, Hindustan Times New Delhi, February 08, 2014 Few can understand the relevance of the January 21 Supreme Court (SC) verdict on death row convicts better than Arulselvi. The 40-year-old assistant professor at Tamil Nadu’s Annamalai University is the… Continue Reading →
Zeenews : Saturday, February 08, 2014, 16:44 Mumbai: Chief Justice of India P Sathasivam on Saturday defended the last month’s Supreme Court verdict on mercy petitions, saying as per Article 21 of the Constitution, even a death row convict is… Continue Reading →
NEW DELHI, January 31, 2014 Updated: January 31, 2014 11:44 IST The Hindu The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the death sentence of Bhullar until further orders. File photo: Shanker Chakravarty The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the execution of 1993 Delhi… Continue Reading →
Rajeev Dhavan | Mail Today | New Delhi, January 27, 2014 | Rajeev Dhavan The death penalty, the mercy petition, the power to pardon, court review are four inextricably linked stages followed in death cases as step-by-step safeguards to decide between life and death…. Continue Reading →
Mona Singh Surendranath says none of the professed aims of the death penalty can be met using the criminal justice system in place in India. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint National Law University’s Anup Surendranath on difficulties such as lack of information… Continue Reading →
BY LARISSA CAHUTE, VANCOUVER DESI JANUARY 23, 2014 Surrey‘s Navneet Kaur hopes her husband’s case in India, where he’s facing the death penalty, is reopened. Photograph by: Gerry Kahrmann, PNG , Vancouver Desi Navneet Kaur envisioned her marriage spent alongside a… Continue Reading →