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	THE UNFRAMED LIVES HAMMERED BY THE CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
		Capital punishment is a subject you can always count on for a lively discussion with plenty of opinions and lots of questions ently, however, there has been a lot of controversy surrounding the death penalty.Whenever the word “Capital punishment” come it is the issue which is always hot on people’s minds.
		Capital punishment is debatable topic which divided the society into parts one which is in favour of capital punishment and other which is against capital punishment.
		Capital punishment can be imposed for murder, instigating a child's suicide, waging war against the government, acts of terrorism, or a second conviction for drug trafficking.
	www.goforthelaw.com /articles/fromlawstu/article9.htm (2157 words)

	Definition of Capital punishment - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Capital punishment, also referred to as the death penalty, is the judicially ordered execution of a prisoner as a punishment for a serious crime, often called a capital offense or a capital crime.
		According to the United Nations Secretary-General's quinquennial report on capital punishment, the highest per capita use of the death penalty is in Singapore, with a rate of 13.57 executions per one million population for the period of 1994 to 1999.
		Capital punishment is used widely in Asia for drug related crimes, including in Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Capital_punishment (3941 words)

	Capital punishment in India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Capital punishment is legal in India although rarely used.
		The death penalty is to be used in the "rarest of rare" cases according to the Supreme Court of India, although the meaning of this phrase is not clearly defined.
		Capital punishment can be imposed for murder, instigating a child's suicide, treason, acts of terrorism, or a second conviction for drug trafficking.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Capital_punishment_in_India (242 words)

	Capital punishment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Capital punishment, also referred to as the death penalty, is the execution of a prisoner as a punishment for a crime (often called a capital offence or a capital crime), or as a deterrent to crime.
		Thus, capital punishment is the penalty for a crime so severe that it 'deserves' death, either by decapitation or otherwise.
		While those against capital punishment might claim this as an irrevocable right, proponents may claim that, as protection from abuse is the basis of such rights, that the right was forfeit by the seriousness of the crimes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Capital_punishment (7072 words)

	Encyclopedia: Capital punishment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The infliction of capital punishment is not contrary to the teaching of the Catholic Church, and the power of the State to visit upon culprits the penalty of death derives much authority from revelation and from the writings of theologians.
		In the military service capital punishment is inflicted by shooting, except in the case of spies and traitors, who are killed by hanging; such punishment being considered very disgraceful and therefore suited to the offence.
		Capital punishment was suspended in the USA between 1967 and 1976 as a result of several decisions of the United States Supreme Court, primarily the case of Furman v.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Capital-punishment (1694 words)

	Encyclopedia topic: Capital punishment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Capital punishment, also referred to as the death penalty, is the judicially ordered execution (Putting a condemned person to death) of a prisoner as a punishment (The act of punishing) for a serious crime ((criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act), often called a capital offense or a capital crime.
		On 30 November 1786, after having de facto blocked capital executions (the last was in 1769), Leopold promulgated the Reform of the penal code (The legal code governing crimes and their punishment) that definitely abrogated death penalty and gave the order to destroy all the instruments for capital execution wherever in his land.
		In 1994 capital punishment was abolished also for military offences in war time, so since 1994 no crime can be punished with death in Italy (A republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ca/capital_punishment.htm (5325 words)

	Capital Punishment Worldwide - Table - MSN Encarta
		Capital Punishment Worldwide - Table - MSN Encarta
		1) Provides for capital punishment for ordinary crimes but has not held an execution in 10 or more years or has made an international commitment not to carry out executions.
		2) Provides for capital punishment only for extraordinary crimes (such as crimes under military law) or crimes committed in exceptional circumstances (such as wartime).
	encarta.msn.com /media_461543496/Capital_Punishment_Worldwide.html (62 words)

	More on Capital Punishment
		Capital punishment, also referred to as the death penalty, is the judicially ordered execution of a prisoner as a punishment for a serious crime, often called a capital offence or a capital crime.
		Capital punishment remains a crime for military crimes and crimes in exceptional circumstances.
		There is ongoing debate whether capital punishment reduces crime rates, because potential murderers (or other criminals) would be too scared of punishment to commit crime, or it doesn't affect crime rate, because potential criminals think that they won't be caught, so they don't care about punishment until it's too late.
	www.eduhistory.com /capital-punishment.htm (2028 words)

	Encyclopedia: Capital punishment in India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Dhananjoy Chatterjee (August 14, 1965 in Kuludihi, West Bengal, India - August 14, 2004 at Alipore Central Jail in Calcutta, India) was executed by hanging for the rape and murder of 14-year-old Hetal Parekh on March 5, 1990 at her apartment residence in Bhowanipur, where he was a security...
		The Supreme Court of India is the highest court of the land as established by Part V, Chapter IV of the Constitution of India.
		While those against capital punishment might stick behind this as an irrevocable right, as protection from abuse is the basis of such rights, those for the practice may claim that the right was forfeit by the seriousness of the crime.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Capital-punishment-in-India (738 words)

	Capital punishment - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site
		Capital punishment, also referred to as the death penalty, is the judicially ordered execution of a prisoner as a punishment for a serious crime, often called a capital offense or a capital crime.
		According to the United Nations Secretary-General's quinquennial report on capital punishment, the highest per capita use of the death penalty is in Singapore, with a rate of 13.57 executions per one million population for the period of 1994 to 1999.
		In Italy, capital punishment for common offences and for military offences in peace time was abolished in 1947.
	www.factbug.org /cgi-bin/a.cgi?a=5902 (4440 words)

	The Hindu : Plea to repeal capital punishment
		Capital punishment forecloses the chance for reformation and hence should be repealed as was done by most civilised nations, the former Supreme Court Judge, K.T. Thomas, has said.
		Capital punishment is justified only in those cases in which life imprisonment is inadequate, he said.
		He pointed out that capital punishment was abolished in the erstwhile State of Travancore in 1940 and it was revived in 1950.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2003/10/12/stories/2003101206660400.htm (283 words)

	THE CULTURAL LIVES OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT: COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES
		Although India has the death penalty, Julia Eckert reports that the legal system is slow and ossified, and as a consequence, there has been a widespread loss of public confidence in it.
		It is this ongoing battle for the perceived survival of the Israeli state that continues to shape public opinion of capital punishment in Israel.
		In these cultures, the well-being of society is emphasized so that capital punishment is viewed as a positive tool of state development, rather than as a negative reflection of state policy.
	www.bsos.umd.edu /gvpt/lpbr/subpages/reviews/sarat-boulanger1205.htm (1521 words)

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		Last year when India's Law Commission carried out a survey on ''the mode of capital punishment'' a surprising number of respondents used the opportunity to say they favoured public executions though this was not an option under consideration.
		India is among 90-odd countries that continue to retain capital punishment and this league includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cuba, Egypt, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and the United States.
		Fali Nariman, one of India's foremost jurists in India believes that the days of the death sentence in the country are numbered because the trend is against retaining it.
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	BBC - Religion & Ethics - Capital Punishment
		India still retains the death penalty, and the reasons for this are likely to be similar to be those suggested in the Buddhist section.
		The debate on capital punishment in India was revived in 2004 by the case of Dhananjoy Chatterjee who had been sentenced for rape and murder.
		At present more than 100 people are on death row in India, although the number of executions in that country is actually very low and the Indian Supreme Court has ruled that the death penalty should only be used in the rarest of rare cases.
	www.bbc.co.uk /religion/religions/hinduism/hinduethics/capitalpunishment.shtml (161 words)

	Capital Punishment
		If capital punishment would work as deterrent, the rate of crimes would have decreased in the countries where it is being applied.
		Delegation to the authorities is the easiest way to agree with capital punishment I suppose; however I think that it should be up to the people affected by the murderer or rapist's crime to decide about his fate.
		Another problem with capital punishment for this type of crime is that it might lead to an increase in murder.
	www.englishforums.com /English/CapitalPunishment/wmvw/Post.htm (1635 words)

	Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Capital Punishment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Capital punishment, also called the death penalty, is the execution of a convicted felon as a punishment for a crime (often called a capital offence or a capital crime).
		The 150-year ban on capital punishment has never been repealed, and as such the state is considered to be the first democracy in recorded history to have eliminated capital punishment.
		While those against capital punishment might claim this as an irrevocable right, proponents may claim that, as protection from abuse is the basis of such rights, that the right was forfeit by the seriousness of the crimes.
	www.blinkbits.com /blinks/capital_punishment (9744 words)

	the unframed lives hammered by capital punishment: an overview
		Capital punishment may be defined as: “THE JUDICIAL EXECUTION OF A PRISONER AS A PUNISHMENT FOR A SEROIUS OFTEN CALLED AS CAPITAL OFFENCE OR CAPITAL PUNISHMENT OR DEATH PENALTY”.
		Those who support capital punishment believe that it is possible to fashion laws and procedures that ensure that only those who are really deserving of death are executed.
		Because capital punishment can lead to an unequal application of justice, sometimes to tey arguments for supporters of the death penalty include: Death penalty prevents a repeat offender to ever return to society and continue to harm and murder innocent people.
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	Asia Times Online - The best news coverage from South Asia
		In one of the most grisly cases ever to have been reported in India, Sharma was held guilty for stabbing her to death and then burning her body in the oven of a restaurant in the capital city.
		Irrespective of the severity of the crime, those against capital punishment insist that a human being cannot play God and is not morally justified in taking another human's life.
		The anti crusaders have numerous arguments against capital punishment: It has no dissuading power over criminals who are calculating, opportunistic or overcome by drugs; there is no evidence to prove that executions deter brutal crimes; and death fails to deter those who commit crimes of passion.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/South_Asia/FH13Df03.html (1616 words)

	INDIA: Campaign for total ban on Death penalty-capital punishment
		India has ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, but not ratified its Optional Protocol on prohibition of Capital Punishment (the death sentence).
		India is also a signatory to the UN Convention against Torture, but has not ratified it.
		He is reported to have been kept in solitary confinement throughout this period, which is itself a horrendous form of physical and mental punishment that, over prolonged periods, itself amounts to a violation of the UN Convention on Torture, to which India is a signatory.
	www.ahrchk.net /ua/mainfile.php/2004/715 (1093 words)

	The Hindu Business Line : Capital punishment for corruption
		APITAL punishment and the death penalty mean the same in the context of the law.
		Death penalty and capital punishment are not synonymous in the context of economics.
		India's score in the annual survey of corruption by Transparency International is 2.8, and it is ranked 90.
	www.thehindubusinessline.com /2005/02/22/stories/2005022200290800.htm (1456 words)

	Infochange India News Features Analysis Playing God: The arbitrary nature of capital punishment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The criteria formulated by the Supreme Court that the death penalty is to be awarded in the “rarest of the rarest” case of exceptional depravity and brutality ultimately depends on the judge’s feelings of moral outrage and lie in the realm of the totally subjective.
		In fact, the award of the death penalty to Nalini in the Rajiv Gandhi case, is illustrative of the role of subjectivity in the imposition of capital punishment.
		However, the onus of establishing the deterrent value of capital punishment is on those seeking to retain it.
	www.infochangeindia.org /analysis145.jsp (1135 words)

	capital punishment -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Capital punishment should be distinguished from extrajudicial executions carried out without due process of law.
		Punishment may take forms varying from capital punishment, flogging, and mutilation of the body to imprisonment, fines, and even deferred sentences that come into operation only if an offense is repeated within a specified time.
		Covers capital punishment, church and state, law, congressional issues and reform, globalism and foreign policy, liability insurance crisis, national child care, and politics and religion.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9020149 (771 words)

	NRI Legal Services - a law firm provides articles and legal services on property, wills divorce, immigration, taxation ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In 1931, death penalty was challenged seriously for the first time in India, when a member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly unsuccessfully sought to introduce a Bill seeking its abolition, but support for death penalty however remained strong at that juncture.
		But on the other hand the anti-abolitionists believe in the retributionist theory of punishment and say that punishment is a reward earned by the culprit for committing an evil act and so it is the demand of justice to inflict capital sentence for heinous crimes like murder and dacoity.
		In case of India there seems to have been a conscious attempt by the judiciary to strike a workable balance between the notions of deterrence, justice and reformation.
	www.nrilegalservices.com /capital_punishment.aspx (1041 words)

	Secular-Right India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Whereas great powers use muscle to assert their influence, India seems to be intent on acquiring its geo-political weight through permission and charity of others.
		India is a pluralist land with many languages, ethnic groups, caste configurations and religions.
		The Panchayat (five castes) or the basic structure of local government in ancient and medieval India was a forum where the five broad caste groups convened to jointly decide on village affairs.
	secular-right.blogspot.com (1632 words)

	EU asks India to ban death punishment
		Capital punishment is rare in India, but the case of a man awaiting death by hanging for raping and murdering a teenage girl drew the EU's attention.
		The EU has urged Indian authorities not to go ahead with the hanging of Dhananjoy Chatterjee, who was to be put to death on June 25, but won a brief reprieve after President A P J Abdul Kalam agreed to consider a second mercy petition from his family.
		It asked the Indian President to consider abolishing capital punishment that had been banned in the EU community.
	www.rediff.com /news/2004/jul/02eu.htm (377 words)

	CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FACTS AND INFORMATION
		Capital punishment is used widely in Asia for drug related crimes, including in Indonesia, Malaysia, Saudi_Arabia,
		If the death penalty were abolished, a criminal would have little or no reason not to kill potential witnesses during the commission of a robbery (assuming that robbery would earn the criminal a life sentence or a very lengthy prison sentence).
		Buddhists are opposed to capital punishment, whatever the crime.
	www.palfacts.com /Capital_punishment (6532 words)

	Abolition of capital punishment sought
		An impassioned plea was today made in the Lok Sabha to abolish capital punishment as the ''barbaric practice'' was a legacy of ancient and medieval times and unsuited to the needs of modern India.
		Mr B Mehtab(BJD) regretted that India was among the 76 countries in the world which have retained capital punishment, and wanted to the government to take early steps to abolish it.
		He said it is a fact that nearly 120 countries from all over the world have already abolished this law and opted for the abolition of capital punishment while another 70 countries in the world are still continuing with this though they are also not using this.
	news.webindia123.com /news/articles/India/20061125/518127.html (686 words)

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