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Death Penalty      death punishment should be given in extreme cases where the victim can not come to normal life through out his life. like rape and murder which r cold blooded. Sent by sandeep grover a person who has given death penalty before hanged his full details should be given to a top astrologer (w/o informing abt his death penalty) also the palm prints shd be given to a big palmistrit, see what they say and after he has hanged again shd be giv Sent by kishore it is better it will be painless Sent by john should hang at a public place. but should not affect innocents at any cause. Sent by a.chandradas all death convicts to be hanged.these guys should not be shown mercy under any circumstances. death penalty for heinous crimes is a must since it is the only way to deter future criminals from commiting these crimes. the justice should be quick. Sent by ramakrishnan a death sentence to a person should be awarded only after proving him guilty beyond doubt & after all the due process of law had been gone through & he had been given all support to defend himself Sent by sudarsanam this should continue , so that fear of death will be there with the people Sent by b.karthikeyan such people who come under the above mentioned crime should definitely be hanged, because only then can such crimes be lessened if not completely wiped out. Sent by manish it must be abolished! Sent by ashish jain death penalty should be given only in rarest of the rare circumstancens. it should not be discarded as there are hardened criminals in this society whose existence will harm the society. but due care should be taken to make sure that we are not hanging inn Sent by nikhil digambar sapre hanging should be change Sent by maniyar this is the ultimate punishment. Sent by arup kumar das i think the death penalties should be retained. one point is instead of hanging, we could go for injections because they are less intimidating. however, one is going to die if he is death sentenced. but still i personally feel, hanging is a cruel way of Sent by rani yes death penalty should be carried out by hanging. especially in a country like india where people with several murder charges, rape and other illegal dangerous crimes are committed, death penalty should be retained. Sent by m. crasto in my opinion death penalty should be extended to guilties convicted of rape as well. Sent by rajiv ranajn in todays time injections are better and the best dignified way of placing teh convict to sleep Sent by yakub patel i feel that one way of reducing crimes are by punishing the accused severely so that others will not dare to repeat the crime. punishments like hanging to death will reach the public quickly and they will fear to commint any crime. one way of preventing su Sent by shanti n death penalty should be abolished forthwith. no amount of explanation can justify a `return murder. a murder by any other name is also a murder. by murdering the murderer, we cannot bring back the murdered. nor a murder can substitute the loss suffered by Sent by nanda kumaran after a fair trail and to reach the final conclusion that the accused commit a crime uder the said law then death penalty should be maintained.if commited crime is in doubt then it should converted into lifetime imprisonment. Sent by rajesh kumar jain people those who have devastated hormony in comunity must be punished and should be thread to people involve in crimal activities. Sent by subas death penalty should be retained to reduce crime against individuals and public. Sent by s.vijayakumar it is totally a barbaric act and not befitting a civilised society. it should be stopped immidiately Sent by b s sethi in my opinion , this type of punishment should not be revoked at any time ... whtever be the reason for it . his family or his situation.. only whn there is a stage that it will not be revoked .. criminals will be taken aback by the effects of all the acts Sent by kamalika if death penalty is removed, i am sure ther will be a spurt in terrorism. now a days terrorist are well paid. many not opting for it on acoount of the fear of death/death penaly when caught. if death penalty is removed culprit can see his people enjoying Sent by prathap v p death penalty is a must 4 terrorist n their aides. terrorist r slow poison n they must be destroyed. Sent by jayanta paul especially in rape cases punishmnet should be more severe than death panalty. may toryure for 700 days and then execute in an electric chair Sent by dr. ramakrushna panigrahi in my opinion death penalty should be retained till jail terms of thirty to forty years are enacted as alternate. Sent by m.ramanathan it should be retained and should be implemented asap after the condemned prisoner committed offence . but not like in the case of dhanonjay chatterjee which took 14 years to hang him. Sent by sukumar i support the death sentences in crimes related to crimes against the state. no crime is greater than treason. all treason charges if proved genuine should be given death sentence Sent by kaushik das gupta death penalities awarded to any criminal should not be made public and there should be no debating or media coverage given to such punishment. further more the organs of such a person should necessarily be donated and this should be part of the punishment. Sent by vijay ganjoo death penalty is barbaric. the progress of a society can be judged by how it treats its criminals. the state does not have the right to take a life. it can at best isolate a person from society if the individual is proved to be dangerous to the society. Sent by venky the death sentence must be made know to all by different media, so that the future generation know the result of the crime and enables them not to get involved in such crime. if possible is should be viewed by the media and telecasted to all. Sent by mary steve in india death penalty must be there as a deterrent.severe crimes cant be forgivable as they not only harm the victim but also affect the entire society.hangigne to death-till death is the right way to punish a criminal. Sent by gayatri sarvate yes, i do agree with giving someone the capital punishment because it is given only for heinous crime that one has committed. he/she has made someones life or sometimes the whole nations life miserable, so why to pardon him?? if he gets jail for 14 years a Sent by ashish bhatnagar punish the accused Sent by venky the culprit who has commited rarest of rare act should not be hanged but stonned to death (this option is not given above so i had to chose hanging) in a public place so that it can effectively set an example to others who are planning to do such acts Sent by prashant rather than hanging it makes sense to further torture the criminal. likeweise in uae many such instances, the criminal is stoned to death. or probably use acid drops slowly falling on the criminals body. Sent by kapil capital punishment should be there. in the age of jihad , it is necessary Sent by harishankar death penalty is the only things that can dissuade people from commiting heinous crime. death penalty should stay. Sent by raghu lifesentence can be given instead of hanging Sent by dr.t.g.ramamurthi the capital punishmnet is necessary . however there should be a fast track court for rapists , terrists , murderers . Sent by rajeev rai death penalty should be carried out as certain things in the country cannot be tolerated to ensure the safety to the fellow citizen. it should be allowed to rapists too. Sent by amit sharma calprite should be punished please keep it up law & order will improve this is only way to wipe out tererrissiom.this is lesson for new generation. Sent by mr.umesh shetty abolish the death penalty totally. Sent by almeida hanging is not barberic when the crime committed is barberic and the criminal is bararic Sent by ranga death sentence is not constructive in the long term either for the individual or society.a death sentence falsely conveys the message that the problem is eradicated, but it is only a small part of a deeper underlying malady in society.life imprisionment(ie Sent by monica lall people shud be severly punished to st n example for others.. Sent by sudipta there are certain crims for which death penalty is the only punishment. this has been stated in so many upanishad and by god himself. Sent by sivakumar prison is a place change, and reliase the mistake, death is not a solution for a murder. people like about person should be given haning, its in the hands of govt to see the sitiuation of murdering. this is an endless arugument, i know that arugment wins Sent by sathish kumar i believe that the death penalty should be abolished completely since it does not serve the purpose of eliminating crime. a life imprisonment even for the worst crimes is harsh enough punishment. Sent by c. krishnan death penalty should be imposed for crimes like rape also which is not there at present in india.anyways all this survey is fultile as i feel justice is delayed in most cases in our country. justice delayed is justice denied Sent by anjumagilani i think the constitution is designed by people who were matured enough to take care of these things. death penalty is an integral part of any society and it must exist. best way to understand this is to study game theory and its role in designing of rul Sent by taposh banerjee the prisoners citizenship must be cancelled. Sent by raghuram i feel the convicted should never be acquited on the basis of their plea to the president. they have been punished for a resason and we should never forget it. Sent by rushal thaker life inprison for ever could be used instead of dealth penalty. only he has the rights to take our lives. Sent by ibrahim under the circumstances like murder, gang robbery with murder, abetting the suicide of a child or insane person, waging war against the government or abetting mutiny by a member of the armed forcesabove, the death penalty has to be in force, otherwise it i Sent by sunil wakhloo prevention is better than cure..installing fear in the minds of the people is better rather than brooding what went wrong after the crime is committed...if death penalty is waived india will go into hands of criminals and rogues and then it will be too lat Sent by venkateswar death punishment may be carried out by injections. Sent by selva death penalty should be made compulsory for ghastly crimes. this procedure is in china and saudi countries. Sent by jagadish for the above kind of crimes the punishment should be severe. Sent by balasubramanian still required in the rarest of rare cases; particularly, for offences against women and children. Sent by narayanan once a death penalty has been given ,it should be final,as this is taken by the highest legal authority after careful considerations .there should be no room for appeal at all.we should abolish this appeal business. Sent by r.vidya lakshmi in rarest of rare cases such as attack on parliament, the convict should be punished with death penalty. Sent by dr, madhyastha no way! Sent by naila death penalty should be abolished Sent by tom no mercy should be granted. Sent by sunil death penalty should be given to those who have commited henious crimes. in case of dhananjoy chatterjee, he deserved the death penalty since the crime he commited was very henious. in fact death penalty should also be imposed on persons who are convicted Sent by khalid no death penalty Sent by sumit though a murder for murder is not a justification but it should give others education that when you break a law or do such a crime you dont have any right to continue your life. Sent by sameer at some point of time its very essential to punish criminals the way they truly deserve. if laws will not give death penalty to such persons they will continue to be the reason of death of many innocent people through their backdoor supports. Sent by gary the death penalty is definitely against the principle of reformative theory of crimes but then there are opportunities for pardon also apart from legal options before arriving at the finality of the punishment. the reform is possible where there is deterre Sent by kumar since hanging is a primitive method which is very ghastly it should be substituted by giving the condemned person a lethal injection Sent by kedarnath subbarao if the constitution has set some rules and if the crime has been proved with adequate proof, then the criminal must be killed. at one point of time, you need to maintain the norms of the soceity. Sent by anand dear sir, death penalty should be only for rapist of all kinds and delay in trial in court be avoided.trial should be finished within time frame.there should be mechanism to protect eye-witness in the cases. influential people always threat main eye-wit Sent by sanjay sharma instead of death penalty a prisoner should be given life sentence for more period. Sent by iftekar ahmed hanging incase of abetting the suicide of a child or insane person, waging war against the government or abetting mutiny by a member of the armed forces is reasonable. rule should be changed in cases like murder and gang robbery with murder. hanging seems Sent by b.m.tirumalesh yadav to discourage the criminal minded persons from commiting crimes, death penalty should be continued. Sent by bhavesh to prevent miscarriage of justice, even after the confirmation by the supreme court a period of 6 to 12 months should be allowed before the death penalty is actually carrued out just to ensure that some new evidence does not come to light. Sent by gp mohapatra a person who has done henous crimes,murders, rape or spread teroorisim, like blasts, killings etc should be given death penalty...preferably injection, so that he dies smoothly on the bed. Sent by surinder singh pal the above explained acts does not allow a person alive. if somebody makes such acts as rape, murder,and plan to destroy country economy and top administrators or attack on democracy against nation should not be tolrate at any stage hencesentenced to death. Sent by b.p.singh utmost precaution needs to be excercised while awarding death penalty. the judgement should be given by a bench of minimum five judges and should better be a unianimous one. afterall once the sentence is carried out there is no further scope of correction Sent by p. k. dutta. decipline & sincearity are the most important components of any performing democracy.a punitive in proportion to the intensity of crime is a must.more the level of crime the intensity of funishment should be still more sivere. Sent by dr.manje as long as there are crimes against humanity, death sentence should be there. Sent by bala spare the rod - spoil the child. after all the death penalty is not given for petty crimes. Sent by amit the whole argument as to whether death penalty is ‘deterrence or not’ is fallacious. the premise that a human life cannot be taken by state is also wrong. if so, why do we kill ‘innocent’ pakistani soldiers who are just doing there duty. why do we kill ‘in Sent by shiva venkat rather than death penalty a criminal of that sorts should be given immense physical torture - a tooth for a tooth & an eye for an eye - hamurabis code Sent by baudhayan lahiri fourteen years is too less a punishment for some of the barbaric acts committed by some criminals like rape and murder of young girls, killing any body to rake revenge etc. once criminal is convicted of these kinds of crimes then where is justification to Sent by sarita there is no reason to be sympathetic towards people committing heinnous crimes. in case of dhanonjay chatterjee, he should have been killed in a very cruel way than just by hanging. Sent by kd death penalty is a must for those who cross the line between human and animals. people who are danger to humanity should not be allowed to live in this already disintegrated society just beacause we want to show our greatness. no humanity for inhumans esp Sent by nishant singhal death penalty should be in the law otherwise people will not fear from the crime but here would like to say that before giving the judgement, should be entirely scrutinized the circumstances .i feel that either 100 culprit can get the benefit of doubt but Sent by dheeraj talwar present system is good enough in the prevailing judicial system. justice delayed is justice denied . judiciary is very slow and when the guilt is proved beyond doubts after lapse of considerable time, death by hanging is must to impose detterent in the mi Sent by d s thakur a criminal is the product of society. the society is have a dominant role of making a person a criminal or saint. so death penalty should be banned. only god have the right to kill. Sent by vinod a i think that the very brutal and criminal person should be condum to death by law.those criminals who do not care about a human life,who themself commite murder and think themself above the law of the country.but we must make sure that an inocent person is Sent by kishorechandra nathwani death penalty should be retained as it does act as a deterrent for most criminals. Sent by perminder bansal he should be killed the same way he killed the victim... Sent by rajagopalan hanging should be carrued out as justice to victims and deterrence for future. Sent by venkat goli yes, it is necessary and imperative to have death penalty a legal punishment, to maintain the law and order in the society, without which the criminals would take legal and judiciary for granted and the fear of the system would collapse to mere mockery by Sent by joint murtaza for henious crimes, death penalty is just. hence it should be retained Sent by usha kasturi no other authority should exercise to commute the death penalty. will the condemned person ever ask his victim whether he should be killed by any heinous act or seek mercy? then why to extend mercy to him? on appeal, only supreme court should review the ca Sent by ajit kumar biswas gentlemen, atleast as far as the punishment given to the terrorist afzal guru,he deserves no clemency from the president,notwithstanding his averment that he doesnot believe in our judicial system.the latest judgement reg: propriety of granting pardon for Sent by mr. s. girijashankar. it should be carried out. one or two politicians has to be hanged first . Sent by shekhar agarwal according to my openion it shuold be carry on, this will help a lot to reduce the crime in our country. Sent by parvez ahmed my opnion to give the penality at last stage so that other can be alert to do Sent by sayed the conviction of the person might have been a wrong judgement of legal proceedings based on circumstantial evidences and he might not be the actual culprit and convicted on circumstantial evidences and man has no right to take away a human life which god Sent by v sampath kumar a person sentenced to death ofcourse desevred it by committinh a heinous crime watever it was. n d judiciary decided its fate. theres no other option for his or her fate to be decided. if he never thot before harming d victim y shud such time n thought be Sent by sudha thakur guilty shoud be punished . Sent by vijayarajan death penalty wont bring the victim back, but the life sentence should be at least 40 to 50 years or (real life)and not just 20. just 16-20 years and early parol only encourage criminals to do it again since its too light. Sent by thomas abraham it is necessary for a large democracy like india where the fear of law does not exist. the man becomes an animal and it seems that we are living in the jungle, where if you are left alone than god knows which wolf ( the policeman, the corrupt politicians a Sent by rolon the death sentence is to let others understand that if they do any kind serious crime which is a threat to country, people, they have to pay the price and to remain away from doing so and taking law in thier own hand. this should be more strict and prompt Sent by vimal singh only in the rarest of rare cases should this be imposed...certainly not for acts of political terrorism...i.e. parliament bombing...... should be imposed for incidents of mass murder like the bombay blasts etc Sent by ranjeet it shluld be in such a way that the person getting the punishment should not know at what time he is going to die. he should be told that he was injected and will die soon with out pain Sent by suryanarayana the death penalty should be there. i cant speak about how should it be carried out? because i have no idea which method is quick and less trouble. Sent by abhijit we have a provision that the death penalty is applicable only in the rarest of rare case which is how it should be.keeping certain criminals in jail would be laying ourselves open to future blackmail like the kanishka hijacking. Sent by sapna death penalty is not wrong. it should be given to hardened criminals and in rare cases which will install some fear in other culprits like hanging of chatterjee in 2004 was justified similar crimes and terrorism demand strict punishment which is death pena Sent by alisha malhotra death penalty should be carried out by using injections. Sent by s. bose it is a barbaric practice.the person could remain in prison for ever and should be made to work for the benefit of society. Sent by roop it should be carried out with in a span of a year or so as soon as he was convicted otherwise, the seriousness of the crime is lost, people tend to feel pity irrespective of the crime he commited Sent by suresh kondamudi person should get the chance to rectify his mistake Sent by tabrez mitkar if some one is responsible of gang robery,murder or war against the government he will be given the death panalty Sent by rohit dwivedi as we move inexorably towards becoming the fifth largest economy there should be no room for capital punishment. as an established secular parliamentary democracy we need to move with the times and remove this barbaric system of punishment permanently from Sent by vipul death penalty is very much essential in todays india. also i feel that the rarest of rare qualification should be removed. punishment is a deterrent to crime. if there is no fear of punishment then even normal people will resort to crime. another point Sent by amit date the law say that the convict be awarded the death penalty - its the primary motto of the law to make this pleace a better place to live by using such penalty. so, why a painful method of hanging?? anyway the convict is going to face death - let that be thr Sent by ananth movva we cant change the society by punishing someone. probably we create more extremists from all the misguided people. i think with proper education and decent living no one would consider these things. .just imagine what gandhi would have said to this. lets t Sent by roop kiran if a person is in jail for life as an alternative to hanging he should be doing hard labour-why should the tax payer give him food and shelter for free?-if his guilt is proved beyond doubt. the bar for judging guilt has to be high.very high. Sent by r s seshadri i personally think it should be banned. life imprisonment it self is bib punishment enough.. any which way it cannot bring the dead person back.. so why take an other life ? probably should only act as a deterent.... Sent by sujoy to instill fear in criminals...he should be tortured, tortured,tortured then leave him on floor till he dies out of hunger...publish the photos in all leading dailies...this is enough to scare all.... Sent by sasi the killing should happen without pain to the person. the person would have faced death a 100 times before he is forced to die. so let him atleast die without pain. Sent by dinesh eye for an eye.. hanging for murder Sent by indian the people who are involved in such crimes need severe punishment.this will definitely be a lesson to others who dare to do such devil acts. Sent by s.raghavan death penalty should exist. Sent by anand verlekar afzal should be hanged. death penalty should be given after a lot of things being taken in consideration. if the accused is guilty to such an extent that he/she should be given death penalty then he should be given death penalty in such a way that he suffe Sent by shekhar agarwal death penalty should also be introduced for crimes like rape and terrorist activity. it should also be given to certain dowry related deaths. death penalty should be implemented immediately after supreme court passes the final orders. i do not understand w Sent by k s srinivas death penalty should be carried out.even severe ways could be followed,only then the crime rates will b in control.for example child molesting,gang rape,murder,teorrism..all these r intolerable crime.where d victims do not deserve them Sent by deepa paul these things are lesson for many many.... what has come into light is few, but there are many cases that go under the soil undiscovered. so these punishments will stop the brutallers from doing these things.. but if the person has realised something in lif Sent by maria andrews this should actually be awarded in rare of rarest cases, without getting biased by any influence including public opinion, and where the charge has been proved beyond any doubt. Sent by rk my opinion is that death penalty is nothing but killing of a human being by the fellow citizens, an inhuman act approved by law. sadistic. its just like people viewing the gladiators fighting to death in the arena of the roman empire. it is a cruel act bei Sent by jewe injections are a good option, as it is less painful.first the person can be given heavy sedative, followed by sodium thiopental Sent by chandra shekhar banerjee in the modern day and age execution is a barbaric practice; many civilised countries have done away with it and replaced it with imprisonment for life. besides the convicted person suffers much more in prison for the rest of his life and has an opportunity Sent by b.munshi law should be equeal to all the religion. Sent by balasubramanian those are the extreme cases. one should not getway after doing those heinus acts. Sent by vaman death penalty should be abandoned..instead can give rigorous lifeterm imprisonment.. murder(death penalty)cannot be a solution for another murder Sent by premkumar.p every antisocial elements who does inhumane activates should be hanged till death . Sent by sharath mohan it should be retained in cases that were mentioned in the law.there is a chance of clemency when the victim or his or her heir like to forgive with condition or without condition. Sent by hasan farrukh carrying out a death sentence by lethal injections is least cruel way to carry out a death sentence. at least the prisoner will not suffer, and people (witnesses) dont have to witnesses horrible deaths. Sent by k. gautam the government has no right to take the god given life of a human being. Sent by p.n.kannan judiciary system is not machine it is incorporated with humans, so there is always chance of mistakes another thing killing somebody is very wrong you cannot correct anybody with this Sent by amit the justice system in india is too far gone to be of any deterrent to criminals.enforcing the death penalty will deter criminals in india-saudi arabia/singapore etc have the system in place and are far safer places to live in.in india all systems are in pl Sent by dr.anil desousa i think the terrorist would be stoned to death and the punishment should be given by the public. in yugantar it was written that force can be stopped by force only. same kind of psyche works with the terrorist - they should be treated in the same manner as Sent by mamta yes, death penalty must be retained. now about 55 cases of death penalty are pending and government is not able to take any decision. why delay ? what for? if gudgement is declared why not implement? hho is stopping? only vote bank, right. if court is doi Sent by dinesh b patel i feel as an ordinary citizen it is incorrect to politicize the issue of judicial verdict for survival of the political parties and for the benefit of traitors. by doing this they are putting the whole country and the president into jeopardy. when the ve Sent by k p suresh kumar all rapists and all corrupt politicians should be given the death penalty Sent by nisha in my opinion anybody who does child rape/abuse, cruel murder, who plants bombs in public places and of course attacking our parliament should be given capital punishment. under no circumstances it should be compromised. Sent by jeganmohan but final decesion should be case top case basis Sent by kumar tk death penalty should be retained so that people dont have the belief that they can get away easily after doing wrong. rape cases have risen very badly and since medical tests can correctly point out who the rapist is, a death penalty should be given to sen Sent by sr death sentence should be retained as it can only refrain somebody to do the heinous crime, because everybody (exception may be there) loves his life. doctors, who are willing to do the same, should be involved in this activity because only they will be Sent by k. k. sarkar guilty people should be punish.once the person is found guilty then immediate action should have to be taken.dont have to wait. Sent by binu kumar yes hanging should be retained. otherwise anti-national people like who attaked our parliment and killed our brothers and sister will escape. lakshminarasimhachari krishana - jordan Sent by lakshminarasimhachari krishnan in my opinion death penalty should be must in the case of raping & if some one do anything against nation, as this is question of great honours. Sent by neetu banga some crimes are unpardonable. the pinishments for such crimes should set an example to the rest of the society about the repurcursions of gross social misconduct. doctors get involved to confirm whether the crime was performed by a person with mental illne Sent by anu too many hardened criminals in the us are let off on grounds of insanity. why should one persons insanity wreck other peoples lives? if the gateway of india slasher hadnt died, to my mind he would have qualified for the death penalty. sure, let us reform w Sent by sangeeta iyer capital punishment should be abolished. nobody has the right to take away the life of another person, howsoever grave the crime he has committed. instead the convicted person should be given other harshest form of punishment like rigorous impresonment fo Sent by ak antony it seems like with the current trend of crime & judicial system, india needs to increase the death penalty to reduce the crime rate and instill fear among the criminals. Sent by s.paul the present situatin warrants death penalty by hanging, even this after some time be automatically changes to some wild punishment. gnk Sent by g.n.kumar delays in the justice have harmed the peoples faith . in our country justice has to be delivered without cost. ordinary man can not afford the fees of the advocates at the high court level. Sent by santoshgupta in any rearest of rear crime when person is endegerous to socity,we dont need more victims. Sent by kailash joshi death penalty is a must. without the death penalty, killers especially terrorists will feel totally free to attack. the common man who is defenceless, who doesnt have arms to fight terrorists is vulnerable if terrrorists feel that they are not going to Sent by vijay capital punishment should definitely be retained and meted out to convicts that border on the inhuman, inflict extreme injury to person(s) instance riots, rape, child abuse or show no signs of correction despite repeated attempts Sent by alex only this will discourage criminals for performing such heinous crimes. Sent by nicole it cerainly should be retained, it innflicts some sense of fear in the person who may commit gruesome crimes in future by knowing the consequences. Sent by yogesh since a death penalty is given to those who have committed heinous crimes, the execution should be performed using the most barbaric/scary method. i think hanging or using electric chair will be appropriate. such methods will definitely scare some people f Sent by varun g i believe death penalty should exist, moreover the lwas and rules governing this should be made more strict & applied on all spheres. also the judgement once given should be fair so tht there is no fair trial after it and it is not escalated to the pre Sent by shailesh bali for severe crimes like murder, rape, national itegrity and security issues etc. it should be retained Sent by rohit minton well, we are nobody to interefere with the legal judgements. the punishement should be carried out. instead of hanging, it can be more soft and lethal by shifting to injections. Sent by v.s.gopal 100% i am in favour of death penalty. a person who kills another person brutally has no right to live. Sent by rash death penalty belongs to the law of the jungle - eye for eye, tooth for tooth sort of thing - it has no place in a civilized society - punishment should be reformative not retributive- i dont underestimate the suffering of the victims - death penalty do Sent by iqbal there are certain crimes which are premeditated and brutal and shake the consience of the nation, for these crimes capital punishment is must.as sc has pointed out, it must be awarded for the rarest of the rare case. Sent by vk maheshwari death punishment should be given in extreme cases where the victim can not come to normal life through out his life. like rape and murder which r cold blooded. Sent by sandeep grover a person who has given death penalty before hanged his full details should be given to a top astrologer (w/o informing abt his death penalty) also the palm prints shd be given to a big palmistrit, see what they say and after he has hanged again shd be giv Sent by kishore it is better it will be painless Sent by john should hang at a public place. but should not affect innocents at any cause. Sent by a.chandradas all death convicts to be hanged.these guys should not be shown mercy under any circumstances. death penalty for heinous crimes is a must since it is the only way to deter future criminals from commiting these crimes. the justice should be quick. Sent by ramakrishnan a death sentence to a person should be awarded only after proving him guilty beyond doubt & after all the due process of law had been gone through & he had been given all support to defend himself Sent by sudarsanam this should continue , so that fear of death will be there with the people Sent by b.karthikeyan such people who come under the above mentioned crime should definitely be hanged, because only then can such crimes be lessened if not completely wiped out. Sent by manish it must be abolished! Sent by ashish jain death penalty should be given only in rarest of the rare circumstancens. it should not be discarded as there are hardened criminals in this society whose existence will harm the society. but due care should be taken to make sure that we are not hanging inn Sent by nikhil digambar sapre hanging should be change Sent by maniyar this is the ultimate punishment. Sent by arup kumar das i think the death penalties should be retained. one point is instead of hanging, we could go for injections because they are less intimidating. however, one is going to die if he is death sentenced. but still i personally feel, hanging is a cruel way of Sent by rani yes death penalty should be carried out by hanging. especially in a country like india where people with several murder charges, rape and other illegal dangerous crimes are committed, death penalty should be retained. Sent by m. crasto in my opinion death penalty should be extended to guilties convicted of rape as well. Sent by rajiv ranajn in todays time injections are better and the best dignified way of placing teh convict to sleep Sent by yakub patel i feel that one way of reducing crimes are by punishing the accused severely so that others will not dare to repeat the crime. punishments like hanging to death will reach the public quickly and they will fear to commint any crime. one way of preventing su Sent by shanti n death penalty should be abolished forthwith. no amount of explanation can justify a `return murder. a murder by any other name is also a murder. by murdering the murderer, we cannot bring back the murdered. nor a murder can substitute the loss suffered by Sent by nanda kumaran after a fair trail and to reach the final conclusion that the accused commit a crime uder the said law then death penalty should be maintained.if commited crime is in doubt then it should converted into lifetime imprisonment. Sent by rajesh kumar jain people those who have devastated hormony in comunity must be punished and should be thread to people involve in crimal activities. Sent by subas death penalty should be retained to reduce crime against individuals and public. Sent by s.vijayakumar it is totally a barbaric act and not befitting a civilised society. it should be stopped immidiately Sent by b s sethi in my opinion , this type of punishment should not be revoked at any time ... whtever be the reason for it . his family or his situation.. only whn there is a stage that it will not be revoked .. criminals will be taken aback by the effects of all the acts Sent by kamalika if death penalty is removed, i am sure ther will be a spurt in terrorism. now a days terrorist are well paid. many not opting for it on acoount of the fear of death/death penaly when caught. if death penalty is removed culprit can see his people enjoying Sent by prathap v p death penalty is a must 4 terrorist n their aides. terrorist r slow poison n they must be destroyed. Sent by jayanta paul especially in rape cases punishmnet should be more severe than death panalty. may toryure for 700 days and then execute in an electric chair Sent by dr. ramakrushna panigrahi in my opinion death penalty should be retained till jail terms of thirty to forty years are enacted as alternate. Sent by m.ramanathan punish the accused Sent by venky the culprit who has commited rarest of rare act should not be hanged but stonned to death (this option is not given above so i had to chose hanging) in a public place so that it can effectively set an example to others who are planning to do such acts Sent by prashant rather than hanging it makes sense to further torture the criminal. likeweise in uae many such instances, the criminal is stoned to death. or probably use acid drops slowly falling on the criminals body. Sent by kapil capital punishment should be there. in the age of jihad , it is necessary Sent by harishankar death penalty is the only things that can dissuade people from commiting heinous crime. death penalty should stay. Sent by raghu lifesentence can be given instead of hanging Sent by dr.t.g.ramamurthi the capital punishmnet is necessary . however there should be a fast track court for rapists , terrists , murderers . Sent by rajeev rai death penalty should be carried out as certain things in the country cannot be tolerated to ensure the safety to the fellow citizen. it should be allowed to rapists too. Sent by amit sharma calprite should be punished please keep it up law & order will improve this is only way to wipe out tererrissiom.this is lesson for new generation. Sent by mr.umesh shetty abolish the death penalty totally. Sent by almeida hanging is not barberic when the crime committed is barberic and the criminal is bararic Sent by ranga death sentence is not constructive in the long term either for the individual or society.a death sentence falsely conveys the message that the problem is eradicated, but it is only a small part of a deeper underlying malady in society.life imprisionment(ie Sent by monica lall people shud be severly punished to st n example for others.. Sent by sudipta there are certain crims for which death penalty is the only punishment. this has been stated in so many upanishad and by god himself. Sent by sivakumar prison is a place change, and reliase the mistake, death is not a solution for a murder. people like about person should be given haning, its in the hands of govt to see the sitiuation of murdering. this is an endless arugument, i know that arugment wins Sent by sathish kumar i believe that the death penalty should be abolished completely since it does not serve the purpose of eliminating crime. a life imprisonment even for the worst crimes is harsh enough punishment. Sent by c. krishnan death penalty should be imposed for crimes like rape also which is not there at present in india.anyways all this survey is fultile as i feel justice is delayed in most cases in our country. justice delayed is justice denied Sent by anjumagilani i think the constitution is designed by people who were matured enough to take care of these things. death penalty is an integral part of any society and it must exist. best way to understand this is to study game theory and its role in designing of rul Sent by taposh banerjee the prisoners citizenship must be cancelled. Sent by raghuram i feel the convicted should never be acquited on the basis of their plea to the president. they have been punished for a resason and we should never forget it. Sent by rushal thaker life inprison for ever could be used instead of dealth penalty. only he has the rights to take our lives. Sent by ibrahim under the circumstances like murder, gang robbery with murder, abetting the suicide of a child or insane person, waging war against the government or abetting mutiny by a member of the armed forcesabove, the death penalty has to be in force, otherwise it i Sent by sunil wakhloo prevention is better than cure..installing fear in the minds of the people is better rather than brooding what went wrong after the crime is committed...if death penalty is waived india will go into hands of criminals and rogues and then it will be too lat Sent by venkateswar death punishment may be carried out by injections. Sent by selva death penalty should be made compulsory for ghastly crimes. this procedure is in china and saudi countries. Sent by jagadish for the above kind of crimes the punishment should be severe. Sent by balasubramanian still required in the rarest of rare cases; particularly, for offences against women and children. Sent by narayanan once a death penalty has been given ,it should be final,as this is taken by the highest legal authority after careful considerations .there should be no room for appeal at all.we should abolish this appeal business. Sent by r.vidya lakshmi in rarest of rare cases such as attack on parliament, the convict should be punished with death penalty. Sent by dr, madhyastha no way! Sent by naila death penalty should be abolished Sent by tom no mercy should be granted. Sent by sunil death penalty should be given to those who have commited henious crimes. in case of dhananjoy chatterjee, he deserved the death penalty since the crime he commited was very henious. in fact death penalty should also be imposed on persons who are convicted Sent by khalid no death penalty Sent by sumit though a murder for murder is not a justification but it should give others education that when you break a law or do such a crime you dont have any right to continue your life. Sent by sameer at some point of time its very essential to punish criminals the way they truly deserve. if laws will not give death penalty to such persons they will continue to be the reason of death of many innocent people through their backdoor supports. Sent by gary the death penalty is definitely against the principle of reformative theory of crimes but then there are opportunities for pardon also apart from legal options before arriving at the finality of the punishment. the reform is possible where there is deterre Sent by kumar the death sentence is to let others understand that if they do any kind serious crime which is a threat to country, people, they have to pay the price and to remain away from doing so and taking law in thier own hand. this should be more strict and prompt Sent by vimal singh only in the rarest of rare cases should this be imposed...certainly not for acts of political terrorism...i.e. parliament bombing...... should be imposed for incidents of mass murder like the bombay blasts etc Sent by ranjeet it shluld be in such a way that the person getting the punishment should not know at what time he is going to die. he should be told that he was injected and will die soon with out pain Sent by suryanarayana the death penalty should be there. i cant speak about how should it be carried out? because i have no idea which method is quick and less trouble. Sent by abhijit we have a provision that the death penalty is applicable only in the rarest of rare case which is how it should be.keeping certain criminals in jail would be laying ourselves open to future blackmail like the kanishka hijacking. Sent by sapna death penalty is not wrong. it should be given to hardened criminals and in rare cases which will install some fear in other culprits like hanging of chatterjee in 2004 was justified similar crimes and terrorism demand strict punishment which is death pena Sent by alisha malhotra death penalty should be carried out by using injections. Sent by s. bose it is a barbaric practice.the person could remain in prison for ever and should be made to work for the benefit of society. Sent by roop it should be carried out with in a span of a year or so as soon as he was convicted otherwise, the seriousness of the crime is lost, people tend to feel pity irrespective of the crime he commited Sent by suresh kondamudi person should get the chance to rectify his mistake Sent by tabrez mitkar if some one is responsible of gang robery,murder or war against the government he will be given the death panalty Sent by rohit dwivedi as we move inexorably towards becoming the fifth largest economy there should be no room for capital punishment. as an established secular parliamentary democracy we need to move with the times and remove this barbaric system of punishment permanently from Sent by vipul death penalty is very much essential in todays india. also i feel that the rarest of rare qualification should be removed. punishment is a deterrent to crime. if there is no fear of punishment then even normal people will resort to crime. another point Sent by amit date the law say that the convict be awarded the death penalty - its the primary motto of the law to make this pleace a better place to live by using such penalty. so, why a painful method of hanging?? anyway the convict is going to face death - let that be thr Sent by ananth movva we cant change the society by punishing someone. probably we create more extremists from all the misguided people. i think with proper education and decent living no one would consider these things. .just imagine what gandhi would have said to this. lets t Sent by roop kiran if a person is in jail for life as an alternative to hanging he should be doing hard labour-why should the tax payer give him food and shelter for free?-if his guilt is proved beyond doubt. the bar for judging guilt has to be high.very high. Sent by r s seshadri i personally think it should be banned. life imprisonment it self is bib punishment enough.. any which way it cannot bring the dead person back.. so why take an other life ? probably should only act as a deterent.... Sent by sujoy to instill fear in criminals...he should be tortured, tortured,tortured then leave him on floor till he dies out of hunger...publish the photos in all leading dailies...this is enough to scare all.... Sent by sasi the killing should happen without pain to the person. the person would have faced death a 100 times before he is forced to die. so let him atleast die without pain. Sent by dinesh eye for an eye.. hanging for murder Sent by indian the people who are involved in such crimes need severe punishment.this will definitely be a lesson to others who dare to do such devil acts. Sent by s.raghavan death penalty should exist. Sent by anand verlekar afzal should be hanged. death penalty should be given after a lot of things being taken in consideration. if the accused is guilty to such an extent that he/she should be given death penalty then he should be given death penalty in such a way that he suffe Sent by shekhar agarwal death penalty should also be introduced for crimes like rape and terrorist activity. it should also be given to certain dowry related deaths. death penalty should be implemented immediately after supreme court passes the final orders. i do not understand w Sent by k s srinivas death penalty should be carried out.even severe ways could be followed,only then the crime rates will b in control.for example child molesting,gang rape,murder,teorrism..all these r intolerable crime.where d victims do not deserve them Sent by deepa paul these things are lesson for many many.... what has come into light is few, but there are many cases that go under the soil undiscovered. so these punishments will stop the brutallers from doing these things.. but if the person has realised something in lif Sent by maria andrews this should actually be awarded in rare of rarest cases, without getting biased by any influence including public opinion, and where the charge has been proved beyond any doubt. Sent by rk my opinion is that death penalty is nothing but killing of a human being by the fellow citizens, an inhuman act approved by law. sadistic. its just like people viewing the gladiators fighting to death in the arena of the roman empire. it is a cruel act bei Sent by jewe injections are a good option, as it is less painful.first the person can be given heavy sedative, followed by sodium thiopental Sent by chandra shekhar banerjee in the modern day and age execution is a barbaric practice; many civilised countries have done away with it and replaced it with imprisonment for life. besides the convicted person suffers much more in prison for the rest of his life and has an opportunity Sent by b.munshi law should be equeal to all the religion. Sent by balasubramanian those are the extreme cases. one should not getway after doing those heinus acts. Sent by vaman death penalty should be abandoned..instead can give rigorous lifeterm imprisonment.. murder(death penalty)cannot be a solution for another murder Sent by premkumar.p every antisocial elements who does inhumane activates should be hanged till death . Sent by sharath mohan it should be retained in cases that were mentioned in the law.there is a chance of clemency when the victim or his or her heir like to forgive with condition or without condition. Sent by hasan farrukh carrying out a death sentence by lethal injections is least cruel way to carry out a death sentence. at least the prisoner will not suffer, and people (witnesses) dont have to witnesses horrible deaths. Sent by k. gautam the government has no right to take the god given life of a human being. Sent by p.n.kannan judiciary system is not machine it is incorporated with humans, so there is always chance of mistakes another thing killing somebody is very wrong you cannot correct anybody with this Sent by amit the justice system in india is too far gone to be of any deterrent to criminals.enforcing the death penalty will deter criminals in india-saudi arabia/singapore etc have the system in place and are far safer places to live in.in india all systems are in pl Sent by dr.anil desousa i think the terrorist would be stoned to death and the punishment should be given by the public. in yugantar it was written that force can be stopped by force only. same kind of psyche works with the terrorist - they should be treated in the same manner as Sent by mamta yes, death penalty must be retained. now about 55 cases of death penalty are pending and government is not able to take any decision. why delay ? what for? if gudgement is