Comments on: Of capital punishment… http://www.akgoyal.com/2004/09/27/of-capital-punishment/ life down there is just a strange illusion Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:22:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: m. http://www.akgoyal.com/2004/09/27/of-capital-punishment/#comment-19 m. Mon, 21 Feb 2005 17:43:00 +0000 http://www.akgoyal.com/?p=29#comment-19 ive a question to ask too : <br /><br />why do we hunt so diligently for ways to let the accused off the hook in a rape, when we dont even give the victim a decent hearing? <br /><br />the person who is raped often has to fight to prove so : they are always treated as lying-until-proven otherwise. <br /><br />on the other hand, the rapist is given the utmost benefit of doubt. humanitarian grounds are evoked to let him off the hook. how about first stating that very reason to protect the innocent???<br /><br />seems to me like were saying well do anything other than validate the victims pain. ive a question to ask too :

why do we hunt so diligently for ways to let the accused off the hook in a rape, when we dont even give the victim a decent hearing?

the person who is raped often has to fight to prove so : they are always treated as lying-until-proven otherwise.

on the other hand, the rapist is given the utmost benefit of doubt. humanitarian grounds are evoked to let him off the hook. how about first stating that very reason to protect the innocent???

seems to me like were saying well do anything other than validate the victims pain.

]]> By: Sanketh http://www.akgoyal.com/2004/09/27/of-capital-punishment/#comment-18 Sanketh Mon, 21 Feb 2005 17:31:00 +0000 http://www.akgoyal.com/?p=29#comment-18 capital punishment is seen as a form of retribution for the victim's family. that is the general opinion among most people. i am sure you see it that way too. the law doesn't look at it that way. <br />i gave this dhanajoy case a lot of thought and i feel people say a lot of shit without knowing what they are up against. is the evidence in that case conclusive? or does his death penalty have to do more with his social status or his inability to find an attorney who'd defend him appropriately. <br />it is the sorry truth that most of the death sentences are handed out to people who are under-represented. the same laws don't apply to all and sundry and many people get away with murder-literally. you only have to look at the jessica lal case in delhi. there are hundreds of such cases which get hushed up.<br />in the end i feel no one has the right to end human life. no matter what that person has done. you don't have to condone it but you don't have to kill him either. do you think it serves as a deterrent? it doesn't!<br />state sponsored murder is not a solution!<br /><br />sanketh capital punishment is seen as a form of retribution for the victim’s family. that is the general opinion among most people. i am sure you see it that way too. the law doesn’t look at it that way.
i gave this dhanajoy case a lot of thought and i feel people say a lot of shit without knowing what they are up against. is the evidence in that case conclusive? or does his death penalty have to do more with his social status or his inability to find an attorney who’d defend him appropriately.
it is the sorry truth that most of the death sentences are handed out to people who are under-represented. the same laws don’t apply to all and sundry and many people get away with murder-literally. you only have to look at the jessica lal case in delhi. there are hundreds of such cases which get hushed up.
in the end i feel no one has the right to end human life. no matter what that person has done. you don’t have to condone it but you don’t have to kill him either. do you think it serves as a deterrent? it doesn’t!
state sponsored murder is not a solution!

sanketh

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