Abolishing the Death Penalty: Why India Should Say No to Capital Punishment

By Gopalkrishna Gandhi

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

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0716MR9JV
• ISBN13: 9789382277781
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Aleph Book Company
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.5" x 5.5"