TopicDeath penalty

Topic: Death penalty

Convicts of gruesome crimes deserve punishment, not death

Aparna Jha - March 16, 2019

There is little evidence to prove that countries which have abolished the death penalty have a greater incidence of crime than those that have retained it.

Isn’t 20 years enough to reform? Tandoor case convict’s release provides the answer

Apurva Vishwanath - December 21, 2018

Sushil Kumar Sharma served 23 years in prison after he killed his wife and attempted to dispose of her body by putting it in a tandoor.

What is the greatest challenge to the future of human rights? We the people are

Stephen Hopgood - October 28, 2018

The thing most likely to stall human rights progress is people around the world simply not considering them to be important

Pakistan executes 6-year-old Zainab’s murderer Imran Ali in presence of her father

Aastha Singh - October 17, 2018

Here’s what’s happening across the border: Pakistan navy commissions indigenously-built warship PNS Moawin, and woman car mechanic breaking gender stereotypes.

The problem with the instant justice courts of Madhya Pradesh

Apurva Vishwanath - August 22, 2018

In a bid to ensure speedy justice and tackle pendency of cases, states are coming up with quack remedies.

It’s been 10 years, but India still doesn’t want to replace hanging with lethal injection

Maneesh Chhibber - August 20, 2018

A decade after looking at options to replace death by hanging with a 'more humane' way, ministry says no such proposal being examined.

Uttarakhand CM promises bill on death penalty for child rapists in next assembly session

PTI - July 13, 2018

MP, Rajasthan and Haryana have already approved the provision of capital punishment for those who rape girls aged 12 or less.

Death penalty is nothing more than political execution, Nirbhaya case isn’t different

Apurva Vishwanath - July 9, 2018

The timing of execution is handpicked and more often than not suits the political narrative of the times.

Supreme Court dismisses petitions seeking review of death penalty for December 2012 rapist-killers

Ritika Jain - July 9, 2018

Three of four living adult convicts had petitioned the court after it upheld their death sentence last year.

The rapists should be burnt alive, writes Jyoti Singh’s mother for ThePrint

Asha Singh - July 9, 2018

Police fight for the victim in court, but beyond that, all the support is for the accused. The fight of the victim is the victim’s alone.

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