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The Disproportionate Punishment
Madhavankutty Pillai
On Singapore executing an Indian-origin man for trafficking in marijuana
Nirbhaya Convicts: Hanging in the Balance
Nirbhaya convicts and the emotional cost of counting the days between death and legal hope
Revenge By Any Other Name
The consensus over the imminent execution of the Nirbhaya killers is appeasement of a selective rage
Musharraf’s Moment of Reckoning
Those cheering the death penalty for the former dictator need to exhale
Lives and Deaths in Tihar
It’s India’s most fabled jail that housed the notorious and the respectable, and where some prisoners were more equal than others and some executions were stranger than what was reported. Startling revelations of a man who witnessed their lives and last moments
Uncertain Guilt
Devinderpal Singh Bhullar has been sentenced to death despite a split verdict in the Supreme Court and a case that doesn’t quite add up to certain guilt. Twenty years of fighting the charges against him have robbed him of his sanity. Will India stand by and let a sick man hang?
The Question of Reasonable Doubt
The guilt of Afzal Guru was not as evident as the State would have you think. And his dubious execution may not be the last such case
The Case of the One-Armed Murderer
A death sentence awarded to the rapist and murderer of a 23-year-old girl has evoked wild celebration in Kerala, a state known for its liberal leanings. What explains this bloodlust?
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