The events of 16th night will go down in infamy - but what contributed for the same will never be debated nor addressed. It is this separation between responsibility and action that will make these incidents repeat again and again.
If the politicians are really serious - first hang the guy who shot jessica
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Jessica_Lal
hang the guy(s) who forced a minor to commit suicide
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruchika_Girhotra_Case
hang the guy who walked into a house, abducts the girl just because she caught his fancy
http://punjabnewsline.com/news/Faridkot-abduction_-Shruti-backtracks_-says-police-threatened-her.html
If the above is done then we know it will NOT happen again BUT we all know the odds of that ... and i am not even a betting man..
Final note - shame on the wife of rathod for defending her husband, shame on the mother of manu sharma for defending him, shame on the mother of nishan singh for helping him abduct the girl ..
NOW lets take a look at the calls for the death penalty.
In the present case it is a no brainer - the 6 of them should hang as this is the most heinous of heinous BUT the above listed are also in the same category and hence the political class will have to show they mean business by first acting on the above old cases.
Should capital punishment be part of the statute for rape cases? One has to understand that already there are a lot of acts which protect the woman just on her recorded statement without any proof - adding the death sentence will only make it more one sided and easier for women to blackmail the men. I think the rule should be if there are more than 2 or 3 perps then the death can be invoked - if only one man rapes a woman the current law (however incompetent ) should suffice. THE bigger issue is of the trial time - there should be a clear 15 day rule. 7days judicial custody - 15 days trial and then the judgment. in cases of appeal - verdict by the higher courts shall be delivered in 7 days. THIS is the only effective deterrent.
Finally in the current there are men who are sexually abused by women - where is the law for them?
If the politicians are really serious - first hang the guy who shot jessica
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Jessica_Lal
hang the guy(s) who forced a minor to commit suicide
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruchika_Girhotra_Case
hang the guy who walked into a house, abducts the girl just because she caught his fancy
http://punjabnewsline.com/news/Faridkot-abduction_-Shruti-backtracks_-says-police-threatened-her.html
If the above is done then we know it will NOT happen again BUT we all know the odds of that ... and i am not even a betting man..
Final note - shame on the wife of rathod for defending her husband, shame on the mother of manu sharma for defending him, shame on the mother of nishan singh for helping him abduct the girl ..
NOW lets take a look at the calls for the death penalty.
In the present case it is a no brainer - the 6 of them should hang as this is the most heinous of heinous BUT the above listed are also in the same category and hence the political class will have to show they mean business by first acting on the above old cases.
Should capital punishment be part of the statute for rape cases? One has to understand that already there are a lot of acts which protect the woman just on her recorded statement without any proof - adding the death sentence will only make it more one sided and easier for women to blackmail the men. I think the rule should be if there are more than 2 or 3 perps then the death can be invoked - if only one man rapes a woman the current law (however incompetent ) should suffice. THE bigger issue is of the trial time - there should be a clear 15 day rule. 7days judicial custody - 15 days trial and then the judgment. in cases of appeal - verdict by the higher courts shall be delivered in 7 days. THIS is the only effective deterrent.
Finally in the current there are men who are sexually abused by women - where is the law for them?
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