Yet because the arguments for and against capital punishment are all too familiar, their repetition in times such this may serve only to dull our moral sensibilities, normalizing what should be deeply disturbing and questionable.
Kolkata, The Calcutta High Court has set aside the death sentence of a man and life term of a woman and ordered their acquittal, while commuting the capital punishment of another to life sentence in a 2021 rape and murder case.
HCMC – The National Assembly has passed a law amending and supplementing several provisions of the Penal Code, officially abolishing capital punishment for eight offenses, including embezzlement and bribery.
'Search operations are underway ... The victim’s family has demanded the harshest punishment for the accused, including the death penalty, alleging that the act was intentional and fuelled by deep-rooted malice. 'We want strict punishment ... .