Q What is the context ?
A Last week, a little over 13 years after the blasts in 2008 (in July) in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, the designated court to conduct a speedy trial decided the fate of 78 of the accused people. Within a week, the court sentenced 38 of 49 people to death.
Q What is the debate on the death sentence ?
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Q What are mitigating arguments ?
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Q What is the issue in the above case ?
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Q What can be the Conclusion ?
A A permanent sentence requires us to assume that our institutions are infallible and user-proof. To cast this as a simple ‘penalty’ ignores what it truly does — and did in this case; it negates the individual for the final time.