Though the bleeding hearts will keep yelling that death sentence is *abhorrent* in a civil, democratic society and talk of the injustice of talking lives and chance of miscarriage of justice, death sentence is a *must* in a normal, civil society – some are just too evil to be rehabilitated or forgiven.
When some one plans and executes a kidnapping, rape and murder, the question begs to be asked, “what about the injustice done to the victim?” And in India, with bloody politicians who have no fire in the belly (Delhi Belly has a different meaning in politics I guess) the death sentence often gets commuted into life sentence.
Once it is so commuted, the same convicts turn around and ask for ‘release’ under compassionate grounds. It is a strange land, that a ‘life’ term prisoner is released after ‘fourteen’ or ‘seven’ or even ‘five’ years of jail time!
:-S
Reports suggest that the President has commuted the death sentence of 8 convicts to life sentence, in this year alone. It is an absurd practice that a petition to the President is repeatedly referred to the Home Ministry, – thrice in the given case, instead of being acted on after one review.
The President *has* to sign off on any legislation, even when she doesn’t like it, if it is returned to the President’s Office the 2nd time by the Parliament. So, why a different tack on such petitions? Once the MHA did reject it the first time, the President should have concurred and the convict should be long gone by now.
That’s the reason, I felt good that the fast track court has delivered a clear cut judgement in the killing of the Bangalore IT worker – let the perp rot in jail for the rest of his life. Now, I believe there is no law that grants the right to petition the President in such cases, to commute the sentence.
I also don’t think that any government can release ‘such’ prisoners at their whim and fancy. This guy’s punishment is not ‘life-term’ but ‘jail-time-till-death’.
Viola, problem solved.
Strange that two women named Pratibha have played a prominent role in the criminal justice system in a month – one whose death is to be avenged and one who has shown a big heart.
My wicked half whispers – OTOH, it appears that my home state has taken a different tack – try to give the inmates a coronary by making them obese!
:-D
When some one plans and executes a kidnapping, rape and murder, the question begs to be asked, “what about the injustice done to the victim?” And in India, with bloody politicians who have no fire in the belly (Delhi Belly has a different meaning in politics I guess) the death sentence often gets commuted into life sentence.
Once it is so commuted, the same convicts turn around and ask for ‘release’ under compassionate grounds. It is a strange land, that a ‘life’ term prisoner is released after ‘fourteen’ or ‘seven’ or even ‘five’ years of jail time!
:-S
Reports suggest that the President has commuted the death sentence of 8 convicts to life sentence, in this year alone. It is an absurd practice that a petition to the President is repeatedly referred to the Home Ministry, – thrice in the given case, instead of being acted on after one review.
The President *has* to sign off on any legislation, even when she doesn’t like it, if it is returned to the President’s Office the 2nd time by the Parliament. So, why a different tack on such petitions? Once the MHA did reject it the first time, the President should have concurred and the convict should be long gone by now.
That’s the reason, I felt good that the fast track court has delivered a clear cut judgement in the killing of the Bangalore IT worker – let the perp rot in jail for the rest of his life. Now, I believe there is no law that grants the right to petition the President in such cases, to commute the sentence.
I also don’t think that any government can release ‘such’ prisoners at their whim and fancy. This guy’s punishment is not ‘life-term’ but ‘jail-time-till-death’.
Viola, problem solved.
Strange that two women named Pratibha have played a prominent role in the criminal justice system in a month – one whose death is to be avenged and one who has shown a big heart.
My wicked half whispers – OTOH, it appears that my home state has taken a different tack – try to give the inmates a coronary by making them obese!
:-D
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