• Indian Supreme Court upholds death penalty for Mumbai attacker
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[img]http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/49542000/jpg/_49542873_006552185-1.jpg[/img] [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-19406943[/url] [quote=BBC News][B]India's Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence of Pakistani national Mohammad Ajmal Amir Qasab, the sole surviving gunman of the 2008 attacks on Mumbai.[/B] The judges also rejected his claim that he had been denied a fair trial. A trial court convicted Qasab, 24, of murder and other crimes in May 2010. His first appeal was rejected by the Mumbai High Court in February 2011. The Mumbai attacks claimed 165 lives. Nine gunmen were also killed. "In view of the nature of the gravity of his crime and the fact that he participated in waging war against the country, we have no option but to uphold his death penalty," Supreme Court Justices Aftab Alam and CK Prasad ruled on Wednesday morning. Prosecutor Gopal Subramaniam hailed the verdict as "a complete victory of the due processes of law". "It was a case argued in a completely professional and dispassionate manner," Mr Subramaniam said. Qasab can now make a plea for clemency to the president. The trial court in Mumbai had found Qasab guilty on 3 May 2010 of murder, terrorist acts and waging war on India and sentenced him to death. The 60-hour siege of Mumbai began on 26 November 2008, targeting luxury hotels, the main railway station and a Jewish cultural centre. Qasab and an accomplice carried out the assault on the station, killing 52 people. India blamed Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba for the attacks. After initial denials, Pakistan acknowledged that the assault had been partially planned on its territory and that Qasab was a Pakistani citizen.[/quote]
Capital Punishment is so shitty, even if it's an asshole like this guy being executed.
In a society like that, capital punishment is going to cause more problems than solve. Terrorists aren't going to look at the execution and think "oh shit if we do this, we're going to end up the same way"; They're going to look at it like "those bastards murdered one of our own, so we're going to step up our attacks". That's why the Oklahoma City bombing happened, the government raided the branch davidian complex, and some batshit insane guy sought revenge for it.
[QUOTE=Lonestriper;37452168]Capital Punishment is so shitty, even if it's an asshole like this guy being executed.[/QUOTE] If you want far-righters to end capital punishment, don't campaign for them to end capital punishment. Campaign for it to change name to communal punishment and call them communists.
[QUOTE=mac338;37454529]If you want far-righters to end capital punishment, don't campaign for them to end capital punishment. Campaign for it to change name to communal punishment and call them communists.[/QUOTE] It's called capital punishment because it's for a capital offense, what the hell would communal punishment be for, eating more than your share of corn?
[QUOTE=DaCommie1;37454598]It's called capital punishment because it's for a capital offense, what the hell would communal punishment be for, eating more than your share of corn?[/QUOTE] *swoosh* im okay with this
[QUOTE=Lonestriper;37452168]Capital Punishment is so shitty, even if it's an asshole like this guy being executed.[/QUOTE] Implying that your life, family, friends and freedom taken away from you for a long period of time is not shitty.
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