NEW DELHI: Former Supreme Court judge and Malayalee Justice Kurian Joseph on Tuesday questioned whether such crimes will end with the death of innocent prisoners. He said the death sentence of the innocent defendants would not be served to the victims’ parents. If I take your life, does that mean you will take mine? It’s not fair. “Revenge and judgment are two different ideas,” he said in an interview with news agency ANI.
In the rare case of the Bachchan Singh case, the Supreme Court had ruled that capital punishment should be given. It is only when that and all other possibilities are in doubt. If people are sent to prison for life, they can tell society that this is the fate of such crimes. But when executed, people forget the crime. Nirbhaya’s parents do not think that he will get justice by hanging all four accused.
Gandhi had said that the world would be blinded to the eye. Therefore, criminal justice practices should not be avenged. The goal of punishment is judgment, repentance, and renewal. “It is the responsibility of the President and the Government to take any matter into consideration when the court considers the mercy pleas of the accused,” he added.
Pope Francis has appealed to the political leaders to share in the international community’s desire and efforts to abolish the death penalty, reminding him that “God’s commandment is not to kill innocent people, but to kill no one.” It is essential for the social security of a country that any criminal should be brought before the law and executed with impunity. But we can say that everyone has to realize that the legal systems of this world have no right to ruin a man’s life.
