Sindhudurg killings verdict came out yesterday. High Court confirms death sentence on 4 convicts.
The case is as follows,
8 yrs ago. in Dec '03, four young men had lured 9 victims from Mumbai, Pune and Satara under the guise of multiplying their money by magic and then brutally murdered them at a hillock in Sindhudurg.
The divisional bench of Justice said- and "they acted as if they were professional murderers" while executing a meticulously planned conspiracy. The court noted that the alternative life sentence could not be considered in the case as it would shock the conscience of the society. "In our opinion all the convicted accused would be a menace to society and they cannot be reformed" the judges said.
Well done, bench of Justice. But reading this, do you not immediately draw parallels with the Kasab case? Justice decided to hear out Kasab's plea. What, and Kasab can be reformed? After serving some 25 yrs of his sentence, if he's let out on basis of good conduct, will the society throw a "welcome reformed Kasab" party for him? Was his act not meticulously planned and executed in cold blood? Or was he just playing with some Kalashnikov's that accidentally went off?
I'm not in favour of death penalty. I mean, we're not China (which IMO is one messed up country by the way). I'm always reminded of Gandalf's words- Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
Still, the lack of reason, the apparent injustice brings me to a boil. I cannot help it.
The case is as follows,
8 yrs ago. in Dec '03, four young men had lured 9 victims from Mumbai, Pune and Satara under the guise of multiplying their money by magic and then brutally murdered them at a hillock in Sindhudurg.
The divisional bench of Justice said- and "they acted as if they were professional murderers" while executing a meticulously planned conspiracy. The court noted that the alternative life sentence could not be considered in the case as it would shock the conscience of the society. "In our opinion all the convicted accused would be a menace to society and they cannot be reformed" the judges said.
Well done, bench of Justice. But reading this, do you not immediately draw parallels with the Kasab case? Justice decided to hear out Kasab's plea. What, and Kasab can be reformed? After serving some 25 yrs of his sentence, if he's let out on basis of good conduct, will the society throw a "welcome reformed Kasab" party for him? Was his act not meticulously planned and executed in cold blood? Or was he just playing with some Kalashnikov's that accidentally went off?
I'm not in favour of death penalty. I mean, we're not China (which IMO is one messed up country by the way). I'm always reminded of Gandalf's words- Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
Still, the lack of reason, the apparent injustice brings me to a boil. I cannot help it.
