The dramatised version of this will appear on Sony channel's 'Crime Patrol' on 21st September at 11pm IST.
Seb From: Nelson Lopes <nellope...@gmail.com> To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <goanet@lists.goanet.org> Subject: [Goanet] Death penalty for Nirbaya`s accused Message-ID: <cajp2+q3eusdrbwevacz6po5rksuo_vdl__ebc6daq2vdjh-...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Death penalty in Nirbaya/jyoti case The gruesome gang rape and murder of a promising life and career of a young girl had shocked the Nation. The background of the family and how she was educated by the parents at a great personal sacrifice merits sympathy and considerations, She was a great hope and role model for the other siblings .Besides she nursed legitimate aspirations for upward, vertical movement in society and life. The rapist were merciless and need no mercy. It is the rarest of rare cases that deserved the capital punishment .It was cold blooded , premeditated, gruesome murder that snuffed out the life of the victim, who dreamt great future The case aroused the Nation like never before. The Parliament was forced to take note of mass protestations that reached a feverish pitch and resonated with high decibels, The case forced change in laws connected with rapes. Verma Committee report suggested far reaching consequences to the accused there was no other case of like that reached every home, through mass media, radio, newspapers et, al. it refused to die in spite of all promises for tough action. The youth bore the brunt of police brutality and undue use of force. The matter was pursued with vigour, dogged determination and never allowed to die from people consciousness The Nation had enough of lethargy at all levels, be it police, judiciary and executive. The Parliament tried to assuage the feelings of mass uprising against this monster of brutalising women , children of all ages with impunity Four of the convicts have been rightly handed over the death penalty or capital punishment It soothes the anger, pain and agony not only of the parents, neighbours but Nation as a whole Nothing short of capital punishment would have satisfied, be it labelled as vengeance, deterrent or tooth for tooth. The accused had at least tears in their eyes. But the juvenile, who is left of the hook being a few months less than the age visualised. There is appeal to consider his intention, involvement and being the most brutal monster in committing the crime , There is growing anger, as to why his criminal act does not merit same punishment, Lowering the age of juveniles has been rejected legally, leaving to the discretion of the judges. Many nations have also lowered the age of juveniles offenders. It must be remembered that youth mature much earlier to day. Many Nations have abolished capital punishment, but that has not reduced such heinous crimes, forget about eliminating them In Arab countries., China the punishment is swift and harsh and yet the crimes continue to shock our senses. Sure it will serve as the deterrent and stop many such crimes in its track. Only there will no statistics of crimes deterred by this judgement. Rapes will continue, but actions are more certain and laws made more less impervious. The colour of political tinge in awarding death sentences to four accused is the defence for those representing the criminals and their in ability to take their clients off the gallows They were given all the facilities to defend their crimes This particular case has been followed by greatest number of people ever n India and abroad and the conclusions, certainly will ring satisfaction in the hearts and minds of true human beings. It is true that many other pending cases of rapes, murder, gang rapes of women and innocent children are mere statistics They have not received such publicity, sympathy, and continuous coverage . As usual convictions of similar cases are less than 24% and only a fraction of cases against women get reported The stigma attached to the victim of rapes is now being less intense and public supports openly such victims and are even willing to rehabilitate them. Life does not end with rape Nirbaya`s last wishes were to burn all rapist alive, it is certain that her soul will rest in peace Nelson Lopes Chinchinim