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Abolishing the Death Penalty

- Why India Should Say No to Capital Punishment

About Abolishing the Death Penalty

In Abolishing the Death Penalty: Why India Should Say No to Capital Punishment, Gopalkrishna Gandhi asks fundamental questions about the ultimate legal punishment awarded to those accused of major crimes. Is taking another life a just punishment or an act as inhuman as the crime that triggered it? Does having capital punishment in the law books deter crime? His conclusions are unequivocal: Cruel in its operation, ineffectual as deterrence, unequal in its application in an uneven society, liable

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9789382277781
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 156
  • Published:
  • December 6, 2016
Delivery: 2-3 weeks
Expected delivery: December 5, 2024

Description of Abolishing the Death Penalty

In Abolishing the Death Penalty: Why India Should Say No to Capital Punishment, Gopalkrishna Gandhi asks fundamental questions about the ultimate legal punishment awarded to those accused of major crimes. Is taking another life a just punishment or an act as inhuman as the crime that triggered it? Does having capital punishment in the law books deter crime? His conclusions are unequivocal: Cruel in its operation, ineffectual as deterrence, unequal in its application in an uneven society, liable

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