Death penalty for heinous crime not barbaric, says Supreme Court

August 23, 2015 20:52

In the wake of the debate over the death penalty following the execution of Mumbai attack convict Yakub Memon, the Supreme Court has said capital punishment is not inhuman or barbaric and will not violate the right to life and liberty in heinous crimes. The bench of Justices TS Thakur, RK Agrawal and AK Goel said, "A sentence of death in a case of murder may be rare, but if the courts have found it is the only sentence that can be awarded, it is difficult to revisit that question... What was important, the top court said, was that the punishment should be should be proportionate to the crime."

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