Death Penalty

Death Penalty

A fresh debate has been started about the desirability or otherwise of the death penalty. Death penalty is awarded in the rarest of rare cases and this cardinal principle is reviewed by eminent judges in a three tier system Viz; District Court., High Court and Supreme Court. Though death penalty seems to be barbaric, it is awarded only to those dreaded criminals who have perpetrated the most heinous and dastardly crime. Some self styled social organisations and human rights activists appears to be more concerned about the rights of criminals rather than protecting the basic right (right to live) of the innocent and hapless citizens. Nobody appears to be bothered about the sorrows, sufferings and trauma of the families of victims of these horrible crimes. A hardened criminal if comes out of the jail after completing his life term will be unacceptable to the society. In all likelihood he will create a rein of terror and will become a perpetual hazard to the society.

A national debate on death penalty may be initiated. Opinions may be obtained from the families of minimum 1000 victims from the length and breadth of the country starting from the latest incident of Delhi bomb blast. If majority of them suggest that death penalty should not be abolished, a decision contrary to this will be tantamount to adding insult to injury and rubbing salt on their wounds. The need of the hour to have a fresh thinking on the implementation of death penalty, whether by the medieval method of hanging or some other scientific method.


E..M.ADITHYAN
1st November2005



Elangalloor Mana
Edapal-679 576
Kerala