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No civilised, evolved human being should support capital punishment, even for the worst crimes. There are many other stringent and long lasting punishment that can be validly imposed. This desire to kill off everyone is nothing but barbaric blood lust.
Crime & Punishment are very complicated issues , requiring deep study and even if such a study were to be done very diligently , no easy conclusions would be forthcoming ( if it were that simple all developed nations would be able to prevent rape). While one understands the trauma that women go through ,one size fits all , would lead to debilitating consequences in borderline cases .As they say the path to hell is paved with good intentions.
India can look to those middle east islamic nations wherein Rapes crimes are nil or lowest due to stringent punishment ,and adopt the same punishments in their Penal laws.It is a settled law,with the passage of time laws become obselute and ineffective.Indian rape laws are such and its high time for Reform and change.
As per Sharia I suppose both rapist and the raped are punished. Why should rape victim or her kin will report the crime ?
As per information in public domain ; in Saudi Arabia the woman victim of a rape is punished and not the accused male. I am sure Saudis follow Sharia !! Does the author Ms. Sikandar aware ?
But in a country of 1.3 billion people, where does one start?: start by making sure that rape survivers (and those who tragically did not survive) are not shamed or blamed. Make sure that it is the rapist and not the raped who faces complet shame in society. and then extrapolate to calling out every act of molestation – shame and blame the culprit, not the victim. changing this mind-set in society at large and consequently in the police and judiciary will go a long way….
I agree with the writer. Death penalty may not be THE solution, but it is certainly A solution. We have to hit it with all we have. No point in saying, this is not effective, that is not effective. If death penalty deters one among five rapists, that is gain enough.
The society is losing its moral moorings. True, that is the underlying fact. But to correct it back it will take decades, if not centuries. We can’t be waiting till then. Hit it with ALL we have.
Hanging a criminal is in fact an easy way of dying… I feel rapist should be cut into pieces or thrown before a hungry tiger…… So that a person would think twice before committing such a crime…….
No Jainab, You are 100% correct in demanding death penalty for Heinous crime. Its a must for following reasons
1. Its a closure for victim’s kin. Activist People not related have no business to speak and sympathies with criminals.
2. These activists can cause social unrest, with their actions and high reach, manifested by People’s anger in Hyderabad. Situation on ground is completely different than make believe world of these activists.
3. In a country of scarce resources Taxpayers money is wasted in fostering hardened criminals in over capacity jails.
4. Moral preaching of human rights for criminals dilutes its image in the eye of common people.
5. Justice must be victim centric.
6. In a democracy people’s voice must not be hijacked by handful of activists for their personal and at times motivated (paid) beliefs.
7. These criminals enjoy food , yoga and a safe place to sleep and have no remorse.
8. No need to reform criminals if victim’s life can not be restored.
9. Punishment for crime is not revenge. Society at least will have some sense of justice through legal means.
Rape culture? is when crime against women is highly underreported. This happens in your middleast, the sharia following states. REASON- 4 WITNESSES ARE REQUIRED TO TESTIFY SUCH CASES. No, thank you we are fine without this nonsense.
Writers needs to read, open her eyes/ears and then go for writing on such matters.
Why the print hires such dumb writers!!! Zainab & Shivam Vij are liability here. A 12th class student can write better than them with more substantive argument. “Rape culture”? She can check rape culture in Arabia and other middle East where four witness are required and violence against women are underreported. If we want to look for answer, it should be China. China has doesn’t hang, though they give death sentence in corruption & extreme cases. They don’t do hungama in such cases and silently solve the matter. They have low rates of such crimes, they have moved their humans out from villages to city and from farming to manufacturing keep them 24*7 busy in productive work.
Death penalty increased but we don’t see the remedy . Many previous thinkers argued if sex or prostitution legalised rape became rare . But who will start law for sex legalised ? Indian mind set , culture , religion is obstacles for these type .
No civilised, evolved human being should support capital punishment, even for the worst crimes. There are many other stringent and long lasting punishment that can be validly imposed. This desire to kill off everyone is nothing but barbaric blood lust.
Crime & Punishment are very complicated issues , requiring deep study and even if such a study were to be done very diligently , no easy conclusions would be forthcoming ( if it were that simple all developed nations would be able to prevent rape). While one understands the trauma that women go through ,one size fits all , would lead to debilitating consequences in borderline cases .As they say the path to hell is paved with good intentions.
India can look to those middle east islamic nations wherein Rapes crimes are nil or lowest due to stringent punishment ,and adopt the same punishments in their Penal laws.It is a settled law,with the passage of time laws become obselute and ineffective.Indian rape laws are such and its high time for Reform and change.
As per Sharia I suppose both rapist and the raped are punished. Why should rape victim or her kin will report the crime ?
As per information in public domain ; in Saudi Arabia the woman victim of a rape is punished and not the accused male. I am sure Saudis follow Sharia !! Does the author Ms. Sikandar aware ?
But in a country of 1.3 billion people, where does one start?: start by making sure that rape survivers (and those who tragically did not survive) are not shamed or blamed. Make sure that it is the rapist and not the raped who faces complet shame in society. and then extrapolate to calling out every act of molestation – shame and blame the culprit, not the victim. changing this mind-set in society at large and consequently in the police and judiciary will go a long way….
I agree with the writer. Death penalty may not be THE solution, but it is certainly A solution. We have to hit it with all we have. No point in saying, this is not effective, that is not effective. If death penalty deters one among five rapists, that is gain enough.
The society is losing its moral moorings. True, that is the underlying fact. But to correct it back it will take decades, if not centuries. We can’t be waiting till then. Hit it with ALL we have.
So do I. Punishment / revenge / retribution / deterrence, call it what you will.
Hanging a criminal is in fact an easy way of dying… I feel rapist should be cut into pieces or thrown before a hungry tiger…… So that a person would think twice before committing such a crime…….
No Jainab, You are 100% correct in demanding death penalty for Heinous crime. Its a must for following reasons
1. Its a closure for victim’s kin. Activist People not related have no business to speak and sympathies with criminals.
2. These activists can cause social unrest, with their actions and high reach, manifested by People’s anger in Hyderabad. Situation on ground is completely different than make believe world of these activists.
3. In a country of scarce resources Taxpayers money is wasted in fostering hardened criminals in over capacity jails.
4. Moral preaching of human rights for criminals dilutes its image in the eye of common people.
5. Justice must be victim centric.
6. In a democracy people’s voice must not be hijacked by handful of activists for their personal and at times motivated (paid) beliefs.
7. These criminals enjoy food , yoga and a safe place to sleep and have no remorse.
8. No need to reform criminals if victim’s life can not be restored.
9. Punishment for crime is not revenge. Society at least will have some sense of justice through legal means.
Rape culture? is when crime against women is highly underreported. This happens in your middleast, the sharia following states. REASON- 4 WITNESSES ARE REQUIRED TO TESTIFY SUCH CASES. No, thank you we are fine without this nonsense.
Writers needs to read, open her eyes/ears and then go for writing on such matters.
Why the print hires such dumb writers!!! Zainab & Shivam Vij are liability here. A 12th class student can write better than them with more substantive argument. “Rape culture”? She can check rape culture in Arabia and other middle East where four witness are required and violence against women are underreported. If we want to look for answer, it should be China. China has doesn’t hang, though they give death sentence in corruption & extreme cases. They don’t do hungama in such cases and silently solve the matter. They have low rates of such crimes, they have moved their humans out from villages to city and from farming to manufacturing keep them 24*7 busy in productive work.
Death penalty increased but we don’t see the remedy . Many previous thinkers argued if sex or prostitution legalised rape became rare . But who will start law for sex legalised ? Indian mind set , culture , religion is obstacles for these type .
Don’t need to legalise such pervert things, it will finish the society.