Should india abolish death sentence

Quite the opposite i personally think that not even the worst form of torture is enough for those lowlifes. But i would still defend the author, for two reasons. Revenge is for fools. Two, it is unfortunate that even with there being death penalty it is instead being used as a political tool and an excuse by the legal justice system to pardon their incompetence.

This level of deterance is not enough. No one is afraid of the legal justice system. Harsh punishments are not going to stop these lowlifes. The certainity of punishment will deter them. Are you implying that the family of victims who are clamouring for justice in the form of death penalty some how less civilised than the leftists?

Although capital punishment is not a good option , considering the heinous crime these four committed anderssen they deliberately tore away inner parts of a woman after raping her definitely does not deserve to get away with just life sentences Sadly, there must be a message to all people who thinks of committing such crimes in future.

India cannot afford to ill treat their womenfolk the way it is done now. I feel bad for the writer of this article. His inclined view towards humanist ideology with no empathy towards the victim and the family showcases how little he knows about pain. He should throw away the pen he used to write this article. Since long the death penalty has existed which the author has no idea of.

The death penalty is not just a symbol that law will protect you but a symbol to all those in the society that seek to harm and break the fabric of the society. I question him that was Lord Ram wrong when he killed Ravana even though the latter was a knowledgeable person and also a devotee of shiva. I am sure the author is a good person but why was he not there that night to protect Nirbhaya. I am ashamed of myself that I could do nothing.

Sorry I am not a writer but I stand against your views. These humanistic ideas and laws have let many criminals go for their heinous crimes against the society. I stand with the society today and I am sure you are not against a better society for tomorrow.

The author can write about so many more things such as a decrease in education spending, sexual health education. I respect people who are against the death penalty but this column is filled with inaccurate information, inaccurate conclusions and spurious arguments.

Note that the author is well aware that the vast majority of criminals who are sentenced to death never face the death sentence — so why should a sentence be a deterrent? The fact remains that only a handful of people have actually received the death penalty in more than 10 years.

Here is a more insidious example of how elites like Vij manufacture entire mountains out of thin air. This doctrine is not based on any law or anything in the constitution. Nor does it add an iota of clarity as to who should face the death sentence. But now the same elites who propounded this thesis to start with build a mountain of arguments on top of a doctrine which is fallacious to start with. Finally, here is the most serious problem with this entire line of elitist thinking. Those who think that capital punishment is bad would be expected to work to improve the delivery of justice.

Do you see any compassion for the parents of Nirbhaya in this article? Our elites destroyed the legal system over the last 70 years. They removed any place for the victim or their families in the process. Delays that stretch into the decades are normal. Yet, have you heard any of our elites complain when it took more than 10 years for a decision in the Salman Khan case, which was then overturned in 30 minutes the same day?

Do you ever see a write up by Vij about the miscarriage of justice in the Uphaar cinema case that occurred in the hallowed halls of the Supreme Court right under our noses? Remember, Babri Masjid was just a land case that sat in the courts for 50 years.

Now imagine the trauma that would have been avoided if the case had been resolved in any reasonable time. People like Vij are tuned into the western mode of thinking and there is nothing wrong with that. They echo many of the same ideas about abolishing the death penalty.

But have they looked at how much more efficient the delivery of justice is in those countries? Or, how much more the judiciary is faithful to enforcing the law in the west? Vij talks about a large number of cases that are overturned in appeals. How many witnesses remain after decades? How many prosecutors and police are still on the same job after decades of delays? It boggles the mind to read an article such as this, which betrays not an iota of caring about the destruction of our legal system and, yet wants to talk about abolishing the death penalty.

Thank you for saying what needed to be said. We need to keep saying this — not just when there is a case on hand but when there is not. It is less emotive when the argument is in the abstract.

May be people will listen then. Horrible article.. Keep your civil society to yourself. Demons in human flesh should be sent back to where they come from.

If you think this case was just rape and murder, then thats a very incorrect understanding. This was disfigurement of a human, extremely barbarous and beyond comprehension. Ofcourse this is subjective — but for such a crime, death penalty is appropriate and just.

It did shake my conscience and that of almost everyone else I know. Thats why the saying justice delayed is justice denied. My heart goes to other similar cases that we may never get to hear about. Each case needs to be looked at on its own merit. Tons of other factors come into play and each one should be analysed in depth, including but not limited to — speed of delivery of justice, population, jail reforms, stage of society, propensity of crimes being committed etc.

Please keep your views to yourself. Is this even a qualification? Justice is about commiserate punishment and accountability. The punishment increases with the heinousness of crime committed. To say that Nirbhaya incident is not rarest of rare is unsympathetic and callous of the author. However you want to intellectualize it, the perpetrators deserved to die.

This is born out of empathy and not blood lust. On this issue Shivam Vij would jump the gun in other direction. These are my feelings exactly , very well written VIj , I would like to add to a bit here. The convicts in the Nirbhaya case are impoverished subalterns of society , i personally intuit that till the crime they committed , they must have been victimized in various ways , that of course is not a rationalization for the crime they committed.

Our society is not humane in many ways , capital punishment is one more inhumanity in the name of justice. The punishment of death sentence in rape cases is excessive.

If the society approves and awards death penalty in rape cases , it is likely to endanger the life of rape victim to destroy the evidence. This is what happened recently with unfortunate rape victim in Hyderabad. Not every where cameras are installed to provide actionable leads in crime detection. I am not saying that rape is not heinous crime. And most important is speed with which investigation is completed and initial trial and subsequent appeals by decided.

Please read about it. That is murdering someone in the most brutal way. Punishment is something that undergoes after which one realises his error.

Therefore Capital Punishment is not really a punishment. It is a process of eliminating people who are irredeemable and unsafe to return to society and whose further existence is a confirmed danger to society. It is therefore not revenge nor does it have anything to do with the views of the victims or their relatives. What was the compulsion to name Maya Kodnani? Because she is related to the Gujarat riots when Modi was CM?

This is a bogus reason not to carry out death penalty. Punishment certainty and extent of punishment are not mutually exclusive. Why everything needs to be politicized. Whether politics or not, death penalty is certainly a deterrent to heinous crime. Mr Shekhar Gupta, what is wrong with you?

Why are you publishing rubbish like this? Since the start of , the Supreme Court has been particularly sceptical about the application of capital punishment, and has commuted the death sentences of at least 19 convicts to life imprisonment. In the decades since, whenever there has been a challenge to the concept of capital punishment, the Supreme Court has often cited this Law Commission report in order to retain it.

For one, he says, murder rates have declined in the country in the past 22 years. The Supreme Court has also admitted that on various occasions there have been cases where the death penalty has been carried out arbitrarily, inconsistently or incorrectly. He is one of many who have already responded to the questionnaire. Since the s, more and more countries around the world have been abolishing capital punishment.

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