Demons and Demigods
Death Penalty in India
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9780199489633
Publication date:
22/10/2018
Hardback
200 pages
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ISBN:
9780199489633
Publication date:
22/10/2018
Hardback
200 pages
Aparna Jha
The Supreme Court of India has repeatedly held that the death penalty can be awarded only in the rarest of rare cases, where guilt is proved beyond reasonable doubt. However, in a system that is imperfect, not all those found guilty are truly demons, nor those who pass the sentence demigods, flawless and beyond reproach.
In Demons and Demigods, Aparna Jha recounts how she successfully defended four death row inmates, and makes an impassioned argument against capital punishment. For an eye for an eye, she argues, can leave the whole world blind.
Rights: World Rights
Aparna Jha
Description
"The harshest punishment is reserved for the harshest crimes. Murderers, rapists, terrorists—perpetrators of grisly acts—these are the people on death row. The Supreme Court of India has repeatedly held that the death penalty can be awarded only in the rarest of rare cases, where guilt is proved beyond reasonable doubt. Yet, who is to say what that may be? For witnesses can lie and evidence be tampered with. In a system that is imperfect, not all those found guilty are truly demons, nor those who pass the sentence demigods, flawless and beyond reproach.
In Demons and Demigods, Aparna Jha recounts how she successfully defended four death row inmates, and makes an impassioned argument against capital punishment. For an eye for an eye, she argues, can leave the whole world blind.
About the Author
Aparna Jha is a lawyer practising in the Supreme Court of India.
Aparna Jha
Table of contents
Acknowledgements
1. The Case of the Four Boys
2. Jagmohan Singh
3. Bachan Singh
4. Machhi Singh
5. Swamy Shraddananda
6. Dhananjoy Chatterjee
7. The Mumbai Bomb Blasts
8. The Law is Not Mathematics
9. Bodies on the Hillock
10. Guns, Knives, and Swords
11. At the Supreme Court
12. Burning the Midnight Oil
13. Finding Flaws and Loopholes
14. Not a Single Eyewitness, My Lords!
15. The Star Witnesses
16. Other Witnesses
17. Skulls and Bones
18. The Final Lap I
19. The Final Lap II
20. The Judgment
21. Afterwards
22. The Abolition of the Death Penalty: Global Perspectives
23. The Death Penalty Creates No Deterrence
24. Food for Thought
Aparna Jha
Features
- Personal narrative of the author supporting abolition of the death penalty
- Comparatively analyses foreign jurisdictions on the death penalty
- Analyses leading Indian cases on the death penalty: Bachan Singh, Machhi Singh, Swamy Shraddananda, Dhananjoy Chatterjee, the Mumbai Bomb Blasts
- Examines recent Supreme Court rulings on the death penalty: Ajmal Kasab, Afzal Guru, and Yakub Memon
- Quotes eminent jurists on the death penalty
- Explains for lay readers procedural and substantive aspects of trial in death penalty cases
Aparna Jha
Description
"The harshest punishment is reserved for the harshest crimes. Murderers, rapists, terrorists—perpetrators of grisly acts—these are the people on death row. The Supreme Court of India has repeatedly held that the death penalty can be awarded only in the rarest of rare cases, where guilt is proved beyond reasonable doubt. Yet, who is to say what that may be? For witnesses can lie and evidence be tampered with. In a system that is imperfect, not all those found guilty are truly demons, nor those who pass the sentence demigods, flawless and beyond reproach.
In Demons and Demigods, Aparna Jha recounts how she successfully defended four death row inmates, and makes an impassioned argument against capital punishment. For an eye for an eye, she argues, can leave the whole world blind.
About the Author
Aparna Jha is a lawyer practising in the Supreme Court of India.
Table of contents
Acknowledgements
1. The Case of the Four Boys
2. Jagmohan Singh
3. Bachan Singh
4. Machhi Singh
5. Swamy Shraddananda
6. Dhananjoy Chatterjee
7. The Mumbai Bomb Blasts
8. The Law is Not Mathematics
9. Bodies on the Hillock
10. Guns, Knives, and Swords
11. At the Supreme Court
12. Burning the Midnight Oil
13. Finding Flaws and Loopholes
14. Not a Single Eyewitness, My Lords!
15. The Star Witnesses
16. Other Witnesses
17. Skulls and Bones
18. The Final Lap I
19. The Final Lap II
20. The Judgment
21. Afterwards
22. The Abolition of the Death Penalty: Global Perspectives
23. The Death Penalty Creates No Deterrence
24. Food for Thought
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