08-15-2004, 08:42 AM
hubby: Seems the journos at ToI had to come up with the space filler to beat the deadline and came up with half hearted attempt with "Is capital punishment class-specific?" Anyone can take some statistics and show that the capital punishment is gender specific, or race specific or ethnicity specific. Beat the numbers enough and it'll sing the tune you like - a statistican friend had mentioned.
The article ignores basic premise that rich and affluent people have better resources to mount a stronger defense during trial and couple hundred appeals and legal manuveors. Or maybe even extra-moolah to grease a few judicial/political palms. Sure even Justice Bhagawati quoted in the article would acknowledge it. Also article doesn't discuss the pros or cons of capital punishment or judicial process which decides on the cases being capital punishment specific.
Unless there's some serious discussion on law, process and past precedence, I don't think a mediocre article deserves a thread of it's own.
The article ignores basic premise that rich and affluent people have better resources to mount a stronger defense during trial and couple hundred appeals and legal manuveors. Or maybe even extra-moolah to grease a few judicial/political palms. Sure even Justice Bhagawati quoted in the article would acknowledge it. Also article doesn't discuss the pros or cons of capital punishment or judicial process which decides on the cases being capital punishment specific.
Unless there's some serious discussion on law, process and past precedence, I don't think a mediocre article deserves a thread of it's own.