Re: [Goanet] 3rd victim dies:Truck driver charged with culpable homicide

[Elisabeth Carvalho]

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Mario,
Unfortunately, in India, there is no such thing as
"life without parole". One either escapes, is let out
of prison due to overcrowding or because some
politician has plead the case.

Be that as it may, I am a firm advocate of the death
penalty. Not because I believe in retributive justice
or that I believe the death penalty is a deterrent.
No, it is simply because I want these people to know
that their lives are as insignificant as they deemed
others to be.

There was a case, a while back of a heinous rape and
murder of a young girl. The man was sentenced to
death. A very rare occurrence in India. When the time
came for the penalty to be executed, there were
protest from all the relevant NGOs. What was most
despicable to me, is the way the man himself squealed
and pleaded through his lawyer for mercy.

I'm sure the girl he raped and killed too had pleaded
for mercy. Unfortunately she didn't have a lawyer at
the time or a well meaning NGO. As her life ebbed
away, I'm sure the coward smiled or perhaps lay by her
side satiated. He was a coward in life. He was a
coward in death.

Elisabeth
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--- Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Mario asks:
> >
> Elisabeth, is such a quick execution adequate
> punishment when compared with a life sentence with
> no
> chance of parole, to hard labor and abuse from
> fellow
> inmates, and the deaths of innocents gnawing on the
> conscience?
> >
> 
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