freaking people why don't the go to america where 40+ executons happened, china more than 100, and so on. india just had 2 in decades. these people have ulterior motives and many fall for their lies. these people never care about the victims of these terrorists or murderers. they never stand for the rights of victims. so shut the hell up.

Two hangings - Kasab and Guru - in such a short span ?

We could have avoided one hanging atleast, by asking Kasab to shoot Afzal Guru and then hanging Kasab.

>>Absolutely correct. Now please explain how a person incarcerated for life (ie till he dies) is a danger to society.

We are a soft state and Masood Azhar example should suffice on how sentence for life can still be a danger to society. The death penalty should remain in our statute books but we should discard hanging which is barbaric and go for lethal injection.

Death penalty will be abolished when terrorists stop killing innocents.  Then there is no reason to have a death sentence.

Death penalty cannot be viewed solely as deterrence. It is the punishment imposed on someone who took an innocent life.  We deny such people a life, when they took the same life away from another who did not deserve to lose it in the first place. 

 Bahu Virupaksha,

Society has the right to protect itself from dangerous elements.

Absolutely correct. Now please explain how a person incarcerated for life (ie till he dies) is a danger to society.

 #1 and #2,

Those who are in perpetual imprisonment should also be deployed in productive work, of course within the confines of the prisons.

As much as we should be reasonable and humane in our laws , it is important to ensure that the honest law abiding taxpayer is not burdened with the cost of giving nutrititous food to the Kasabs and Gurus (and the animals who raped Nirbhaya)...

 Society has the right to protect itself from dangerous elements.

Bonita .... Amen.

 I agree. The death penalty should be abolished and replaced with imprisonment for life without possibility of parole. 

>>Absolutely correct. Now please explain how a person incarcerated for life (ie till he dies) is a danger to society.

We are a soft state and Masood Azhar example should suffice on how sentence for life can still be a danger to society. The death penalty should remain in our statute books but we should discard hanging which is barbaric and go for lethal injection.

Two hangings - Kasab and Guru - in such a short span ?

We could have avoided one hanging atleast, by asking Kasab to shoot Afzal Guru and then hanging Kasab.

Death penalty will be abolished when terrorists stop killing innocents.  Then there is no reason to have a death sentence.

Death penalty cannot be viewed solely as deterrence. It is the punishment imposed on someone who took an innocent life.  We deny such people a life, when they took the same life away from another who did not deserve to lose it in the first place. 

freaking people why don't the go to america where 40+ executons happened, china more than 100, and so on. india just had 2 in decades. these people have ulterior motives and many fall for their lies. these people never care about the victims of these terrorists or murderers. they never stand for the rights of victims. so shut the hell up.