Capital Punishment & Dhananjoy
Anoop Saha revisits the Dhananjoy Chatterjee case after two years since his execution on 14th August 2004. He goes on to disprove every argument that led to his killing…
Two years later, I want to prove wrong, each and every argument that led to his killing, in a situation that is not very different from notorious public execution in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Pakistan and rural India.
The most chilling part of his analysis are the ending lines of his post…
Assuming for a moment, if Dhananjoy was indeed ‘nirdosh‘, can we ever be able to forgive ourselves? Two years later, we should all hang our heads in shame. His last words were, “ami aparadhi na, Ishwar apnader bhalo koruk (I am innocent, I am not a criminal. May the Lord bless you).” That’s enough to send a shiver.
Can we all not see why capital punishment needs to be abolished?
Update 10/11/2006:
Incidently the World Day against death penalty is on Oct 10 (the day I posted this). Found out about this after posting this entry.
October 10, 2006
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Capital Punishment should be abolished completely across the world. It doesn’t make any sense.
Dhananjay spent 14 years in prison and several near hangings before he was hanged.
What is going on?
We had the Chief Minister of Bengal’s Wife, showing up with the hangman at a press conference to support the hanging. Some kind of a bloody tamasha this is or what???
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