The Four Indian Men Convicted Of Rape And Murder Have Been Sentenced To Death.

[sandyRoe]

Has justice been served?

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/14/world/asia/4-sentenced-to-death-in-rape-case-that-riveted-india.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

[jackthehat]

With the verdict - Yes.
With the sentence - Yes, under Indian Law.

[Mamyalynne]

Totally agree with Jack.

[jim360]

There is always the risk, when disagreeing with a sentence, of being accused of supporting the criminals. So let me first be clear that I have no sympathy whatsoever for the men who have received this sentence. I still don't agree with the death penalty, and in this particular case there is good reason to believe that the death penalty was just a bit influenced by the wishes of the public. If that were true this would be vigilantism rather than justice.

But no, I have no sympathy for the men, and unless there has been an awful miscarriage of justice I never will. A vile and disgusting crime.

[Tilly2]

Yes, in my opinion. I hope they do the same to them as they did to her.

[Baldric]

Yes, it would appear so!
And if carrying out the sentence it makes a few other guys think twice
before doing similar then it's no bad thing.

[andy-hughes]

jim360 - I would agree entirely with your post.

Baldric - if sentences were deterents, our jails would be empty - but clearly they are not.

[Zeuhl]

I heard that the Death Sentence is seldom carried out in India.

Whether mob pressure affects this case will be interesting.

In fact, a rest of life sentence in an Indian prison might be worse.

/I hope they do the same to them as they did to her/

No. Hopefully the Justice System in India is operating at a higher level of morality than the criminals

[Baldric]

Andy, we are talking about a Death Sentence,
which as far as I'm aware we don't have here at the moment,
so no comparison really!

[Tilly2]

I'm sorry. That was a crass remark to make, on my part. It was such an horrific crime that it physically made me sick when I read about it.

[wolf63]

The women in the article seem to feel that this sentence will herald a new beginning for the women of India. It may stop men from committing such a heinous crime in the future - and this is a good thing. But it is not going to immediately and drastically change the attitude of Indian males (in general) to females.

I don't think that they should get the death sentence - they should be put in a prison where they are going to be fearful for their own safety for the next 50 years.

[sandyRoe]

It's cases like this that makes opposition to the death penalty waver. Spending the rest of their lives in prison might be punishment enough.

[andy-hughes]

Baldric - the death sentence is no more a deterant than any other sentence, simply because human nature dictates that no criminal, from the Freshers wine thief to the mass murder is ever going to be caught - if that thought process was in place, no-one with any sense would commit any crime at all.

But we are dealing with the human condition - a lot of criminals are not bright enough to look ahead and understand concepts like consequences - and that is why we have crime - and punishment, and why recidivists continue to populate our prisons on a regular basis.

[237SJ]

I`m not sure that things will change any time really soon. There have been more gang rapes in India since this one which I am surprised about as it`s somewhere that I have always felt quite safe. I would think twice about going too far on my own there now. I was recently talking to one of my Delhi based colleages and she said it is happening quite a lot (and we don`t hear about it). The latest, when i spoke to her was a case of a 5 year old girl who had been kidnapped from her house and they found here a couple of miles away being kept and abused by a gang of men. There seems to be a gang mentality among these men.

[BlueToffee]

I am in full agreement with Jim360, couldn't have put it better myself.

[Zeuhl]

Tilly

s'alright
you're right, it was horrific

[Baldric]

Whatever, I really can't be a***d to argue over it!

[Sqad]

I also agree with Jim..........a death sentence seems to be a bit OTT.

I have noticed that posters who are against capital punishment returning to the UK, are supporting the death sentence in India.

[andy-hughes]

Baldric - sorry you don't wish to pursue our debate.

[boxtops]

It was murder, whether intended or not, it was a gross crime.