The capital punishment debate took a new turn when the Supreme Court said that it will rationalise the sentencing process. What ails the judgment process? Why is the death sentence a dilemma for the judges?
The Supreme Court today (July 16) has issued notice on a petition seeking guidelines for disposal of clemency/mercy petitions and exhaustion of legal remedies by death-row- convicts and execution of sentence, in a time bound manner, for cases in which death penalty have been awarded.