tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602189.post2446833231790018006..comments2023-09-21T16:17:51.838+05:30Comments on Law and Other Things: Lethal Lottery: A significant study on the death penalty in IndiaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09348738084817273397noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602189.post-41795962055461661942008-05-03T22:21:00.000+05:302008-05-03T22:21:00.000+05:30Ravi's suggestion is actually the strategy being e...Ravi's suggestion is actually the strategy being employed in the US, where after deep frustration with the abolition attempts, the target is constitutional challenges to individual methods of execution and then requiring the state to come up with alternatives. Personally, i dont know if lethal injection sanitises the process of execution so much that instead of being a step towards abolition, it becomes the end goal in itself.<BR/>I also think Ravi is right in saying that the Parliament will not abolish it, at least in the near future. Every subsequent terrorist attack will be blamed on the abolition of the death penalty, just like BJP's rhetoric after abolition of POTA. We don't have strong enough traditions of criminology which give reliable counter-evidence relating to actual impact of criminal laws and punishment to respond to such 'common-sense' wisdom.Tarunabh Khaitanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07234574402062317396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602189.post-41679873173274436942008-05-02T17:43:00.000+05:302008-05-02T17:43:00.000+05:30Forget legislators, is the Indian society ready to...Forget legislators, is the Indian society ready to abolish death penalty. I dont think so. I dont think that parties will be interested in taking a leadership<BR/>role in this issue.Civil rights<BR/>groups and lawyers can try for clear guidelines and perhaps over the years can create a milieu conducive for abolition of death<BR/>sentence.The system may be deeply flawed but it enjoys the credibility. So reforming the system is a better option than<BR/>to try for abolition at this stage.<BR/>Abolition can be a long term goal<BR/>and there should be other goals<BR/>that are consistent with that.<BR/>Let the human rights groups hold<BR/>an opinion poll to gauge the<BR/>public opinion and views of the<BR/>political parties.ரவி ஸ்ரீநிவாஸ்https://www.blogger.com/profile/10176389904737294055noreply@blogger.com