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Abolishing the Death Penalty: Why India Should Say No to Capital Punishment
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ISBN10: 9382277781
ISBN13: 9789382277781
Publisher: Aleph Book Company Private Limited
Published: Dec 7 2016
Pages: 158
Weight: 0.74
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
ISBN13: 9789382277781
Publisher: Aleph Book Company Private Limited
Published: Dec 7 2016
Pages: 158
Weight: 0.74
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
In Abolishing the Death Penalty: Why India Should Say No to Capital Punishment, Gopalkrishna Gandhi asks fundamental questions about the ultimate legal punishment awarded to those accused of major crimes. Is taking another life a just punishment or an act as inhuman as the crime that triggered it? Does having capital punishment in the law books deter crime? His conclusions are unequivocal: Cruel in its operation, ineffectual as deterrence, unequal in its application in an uneven society, liable
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