India to execute child rapists. Yay!
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India to execute child rapists. Yay!
Good news, with luck Cambodia may follow
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43850476
India introduces death penalty for child rapists
Reported rapes of minor children had more than doubled in India between 2012 and 2016
India's Cabinet has approved the introduction of the death penalty for child rapists, amid uproar over a series of high-profile cases.
The change to the country's penal code applies to those convicted of raping a child under the age of 12.
There have been nationwide protests in recent weeks over the gang rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl.
The government has come under fire for not doing enough to prevent sexual-assault cases, many involving children.
A number of serious crimes in India carry the death penalty, but raping a child was not among them until now.
Nearly 19,000 cases were registered in India in 2016 - more than 50 each day.
What do parents tell their children about rape?
The hunger striker demanding death for rapists
Why India's rape crisis shows no signs of abating
What's in the new law?
The executive order was cleared at a special cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
It allows capital punishment for anyone convicted of raping children under the age of 12.
Minimum prison sentences for rape against girls under the age of 16 and women have also been raised.
According to Reuters, which has seen a copy of the order, there was no mention of boys or men.
Why now?
Two recent rape cases have shocked the nation.
Protests erupted earlier this month after police released horrific details of the rape of an eight-year-old Muslim girl by Hindu men in Kathua, in Indian-administered Kashmir in January.
Anger has also been mounting after a member of the governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was accused last week over the rape of a 16-year-old girl in northern Uttar Pradesh state.
India's poor record of dealing with sexual violence came to the fore after the 2012 gang rape and murder of a student on a Delhi bus. This led to huge protests and changes to the country's rape laws.
But sexual attacks against women and children have since continued to be reported across the country.
How is the death penalty used in India?
Executions are rarely carried out in India, with just three recorded in the last decade.
The four men convicted in the Delhi bus case were sentenced to death, though this has not yet been carried out.
The judge in that case said it fell into "the rarest of rare category" which justifies capital punishment in India. India's penal code, according to the Hindustan Times, had already prescribed the death penalty for gang rape.
Hanging is the main method of execution. A man convicted of financing the deadly 1993 Mumbai bombings was the last person to be executed in India - in 2015.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43850476
India introduces death penalty for child rapists
Reported rapes of minor children had more than doubled in India between 2012 and 2016
India's Cabinet has approved the introduction of the death penalty for child rapists, amid uproar over a series of high-profile cases.
The change to the country's penal code applies to those convicted of raping a child under the age of 12.
There have been nationwide protests in recent weeks over the gang rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl.
The government has come under fire for not doing enough to prevent sexual-assault cases, many involving children.
A number of serious crimes in India carry the death penalty, but raping a child was not among them until now.
Nearly 19,000 cases were registered in India in 2016 - more than 50 each day.
What do parents tell their children about rape?
The hunger striker demanding death for rapists
Why India's rape crisis shows no signs of abating
What's in the new law?
The executive order was cleared at a special cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
It allows capital punishment for anyone convicted of raping children under the age of 12.
Minimum prison sentences for rape against girls under the age of 16 and women have also been raised.
According to Reuters, which has seen a copy of the order, there was no mention of boys or men.
Why now?
Two recent rape cases have shocked the nation.
Protests erupted earlier this month after police released horrific details of the rape of an eight-year-old Muslim girl by Hindu men in Kathua, in Indian-administered Kashmir in January.
Anger has also been mounting after a member of the governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was accused last week over the rape of a 16-year-old girl in northern Uttar Pradesh state.
India's poor record of dealing with sexual violence came to the fore after the 2012 gang rape and murder of a student on a Delhi bus. This led to huge protests and changes to the country's rape laws.
But sexual attacks against women and children have since continued to be reported across the country.
How is the death penalty used in India?
Executions are rarely carried out in India, with just three recorded in the last decade.
The four men convicted in the Delhi bus case were sentenced to death, though this has not yet been carried out.
The judge in that case said it fell into "the rarest of rare category" which justifies capital punishment in India. India's penal code, according to the Hindustan Times, had already prescribed the death penalty for gang rape.
Hanging is the main method of execution. A man convicted of financing the deadly 1993 Mumbai bombings was the last person to be executed in India - in 2015.
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Re: India to execute child rapists. Yay!
I'd like to volunteer to kick the chairs away...
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Re: India to execute child rapists. Yay!
I have doubts that it will solve the problems of having child rapist commit crimes in the future. Maybe castration of all male babies at birth
will help or just plain old education.
will help or just plain old education.
Cambodia,,,, Don't fall in love with her.
Like the spoilt child she is, she will not be happy till she destroys herself from within and breaks your heart.
Like the spoilt child she is, she will not be happy till she destroys herself from within and breaks your heart.
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It alone will not solve the problem, but it will lessen the financial burden on the state normally associated with lengthy prison terms and send a very strong message.
iirc, it cost around $80/day to keep someone in prison in the US. India maybe $10, but with such a huge population, a strain on finances.
Rope is cheap.
iirc, it cost around $80/day to keep someone in prison in the US. India maybe $10, but with such a huge population, a strain on finances.
Rope is cheap.
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that genius wrote: ↑Sun Apr 22, 2018 7:19 am It alone will not solve the problem, but it will lessen the financial burden on the state normally associated with lengthy prison terms and send a very strong message.
iirc, it cost around $80/day to keep someone in prison in the US. India maybe $10, but with such a huge population, a strain on finances.
Rope is cheap.
Thats why I mentioned the razor blade solution.
Cambodia,,,, Don't fall in love with her.
Like the spoilt child she is, she will not be happy till she destroys herself from within and breaks your heart.
Like the spoilt child she is, she will not be happy till she destroys herself from within and breaks your heart.
Re: India to execute child rapists. Yay!
When has death penalty ever helped with reducing crime?that genius wrote: ↑Sun Apr 22, 2018 7:19 am It alone will not solve the problem, but it will lessen the financial burden on the state normally associated with lengthy prison terms and send a very strong message.
iirc, it cost around $80/day to keep someone in prison in the US. India maybe $10, but with such a huge population, a strain on finances.
Rope is cheap.
A dead kid can't identify the rapist, so the rapist might just as well kill them after.
How many times haven't we heard from Cambodian news that the rapist killed the victim because he was afraid of being identified? I doubt a death penalty will make them less afraid of that.
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It helps in one way, zero recidivism.username wrote: ↑Sun Apr 22, 2018 7:29 amWhen has death penalty ever helped with reducing crime?
A dead kid can't identify the rapist, so the rapist might just as well kill them after.
How many times haven't we heard from Cambodian news that the rapist killed the victim because he was afraid of being identified? I doubt a death penalty will make them less afraid of that.
Extended prison stays are something only the super-rich states can afford.
Until education is introduced, what else can they do? Nothing?
Re: India to execute child rapists. Yay!
It's an old cliché but I really do believe that hanging is too good for them. Faced with the prospect of spending the rest of your life in jail with no chance of parole ever, hated by fellow inmates, surrounded by extreme violence every day, never knowing if today would be the day that someone would come for you, always having to check your food for shards of glass and having to face yourself in the mirror every day, knowing what you'd done... most people would choose to end it - an most try.
Why give them the luxury?
Why give them the luxury?
The difference between animals and humans is that animals would never allow the dumb ones to lead the pack.
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what we need is a world war, ever wondered why the generation that grew up during the war is always hard working and honest? mostly anyways
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