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Short Essay on the History of Capital Punishment ! An appraisal of the administration of criminal justice of ancient times reveals that death penalty was commonly used in cases of heinous crimes. However, there was great divergence as to the mode of its execution. The common modes of inflicting death sentence on the offender were […]

Essay on Law Commission’s Report on Capital Punishment in India ! In response to the resolution moved in the Parliament in 1962 on the abolition of capital punishment, the Government of India referred the question to the Law Commission. The Commission decided to take up this subject separately for the revision of the general criminal […]

Essay on “How far Retention of Capital Punishment is justified?” The history of human civilization reveals that during no period of time death penalty has been discarded as a mode of punishment. This finds support in the observation made by Sir Henry Maine who stated, “Roman Republic did not abolish death sentence though its non-use […]