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Sorry, I sent the wrong link in my earlier message. The correct link is http://bit.ly/c8MyBH. epoliticus On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 7:59 AM, Politicus E. <[email protected]> wrote: > f.y.i. > > ##### > > People's Union for Democratic Rights Press Statement > > The Definiton of Injustice: The Bhopal Gas Murders > > PUDR believes that the latest judgment on the Bhopal gas leak of 1984 > is a complete farce and absolutely criminal in the gap between the > enormity of the crime and the punishment meted out to the offenders, a > direct reflection of the gap between the social location of the > victims and the accused. But more than the lower judiciary, which > delivered the verdict, it is the Supreme Court that is at fault. It’s > the Supreme Court that settled for paltry compensation, and also > reduced the charges from culpable homicide not amounting to murder to > death due to criminal negligence under which the sentencing was done. > Besides the judiciary the role of the government has been equally at > fault. The CBI was allegedly instructed not to go after Warren > Anderson, the compensation is being awarded arbitrarily, arduous > mechanisms were set up for its disbursement which were inherently > given to corruption. And in all these years the government ignored the > victims. ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
