Political Science Research Paper
Ajmal Kasab was sentenced to death after the very evident 26/11 terrorist attack in Mumbai, he was guilty for a total of 80 offences which included murder, waging war against the country, being in possession of explosives and other charges. His death sentence was signed after verifying all the evidences of the crime [1]. On similar count Afzal guru was hanged for playing a pivotal role in the 2001 Parliament attacks, providing a hideout and transport. The difference between the two hangings was the role politics, evidence and transparency played.
The Indian government has still allowed capital punishment only for the rare and the serious offences. But since 1995, death sentence has been issued only 4 times which shows the considerable reduce in these hangings. The official data collected by the government statistics say that only 52 people have been executed since 1947 whereas the research conducted by the People’s Union of civil liberties proves otherwise.
The number of death sentences in the country when taken in relation with the total population of the country happens to be a very minute number. Even then 77 defendants were sentenced to death in the year 2005, and according to the Prison statistics of India there were 273 convicts which included 6 females were under death sentence by the end of 2005. Only one person was executed in 2004, the first that happened since 1997 but none in 2005 and 2006[2] .The last death penalties were issued on February 8, 2013 and November 21, 2012 executing Mohammad Afzal Guru and Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab respectively [3] .
The entire theme of the of the research paper is to understand and notice the use of Capital punishments in India and how certain section of the society is affected by it? How politics does play a role in death sentences? The history of Capital Punishments in India, the clemency pleas, the hanging of Afzal Guru and his role in the Parliament attack of 2001, why should there be capital punishment in our
The Indian government has still allowed capital punishment only for the rare and the serious offences. But since 1995, death sentence has been issued only 4 times which shows the considerable reduce in these hangings. The official data collected by the government statistics say that only 52 people have been executed since 1947 whereas the research conducted by the People’s Union of civil liberties proves otherwise.
The number of death sentences in the country when taken in relation with the total population of the country happens to be a very minute number. Even then 77 defendants were sentenced to death in the year 2005, and according to the Prison statistics of India there were 273 convicts which included 6 females were under death sentence by the end of 2005. Only one person was executed in 2004, the first that happened since 1997 but none in 2005 and 2006[2] .The last death penalties were issued on February 8, 2013 and November 21, 2012 executing Mohammad Afzal Guru and Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab respectively [3] .
The entire theme of the of the research paper is to understand and notice the use of Capital punishments in India and how certain section of the society is affected by it? How politics does play a role in death sentences? The history of Capital Punishments in India, the clemency pleas, the hanging of Afzal Guru and his role in the Parliament attack of 2001, why should there be capital punishment in our
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