Archive for the ‘Capital Punishment’ Category
Another Death Penalty
Sify Reports
The Delhi High Court has awarded death to Santosh Kumar Singh, the man convicted for raping and murdering Priyadarshini Mattoo, a 23-year-old law student 11 years ago.
Earlier, the CBI pressed for death penalty before the Delhi High Court for Singh, convicted for committing rape and murder of Mattoo.
As I have argued before, capital [...]
October 30, 2006
Posted in: Capital Punishment 
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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 [...]
October 10, 2006
Posted in: Capital Punishment One Comment
Afzal and the “Hanging” Dilemma
The sentence to hang Mohammed Afzal has once again brought to fore about the relevance of capital punishment. I think that the capital punishment has no place in a civilized world. I agree with what this Indian Muslim has to say.
It is not a point of contention whether Afzal guru is guilty or not. I [...]
October 7, 2006
Posted in: Capital Punishment, Terrorism 36 Comments