Debating Capital Punishment in Strangled Democracy of India

ISBN-13: 9783659226458 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 112 str.

Mritunjay Kumar Yadavendu

Opis

The book is a critical engagement with various debates regarding capital punishment with special reference to India. It probes the two broad approaches viz. abolitionist and retentionist through a complex unpacking of the arguments surrounding death penalties awarded to Afzal Guru (Parliament Attack Case) and Dhananjoy Chatterjee (rape and murder) by the Indian State. The book also analyze how along with the States ideological apparatuses the corporate media through a complex process of profiling of the accused, presented a dehumanizing profile of the accused and the community/communities they belonged to. Media became a potent field in getting the final consensus for the death awardees. The book concludes that an abolitionist position needs to move beyond a moral, humanist or utilitarian approach since they often overlook the systemic inequities which target individuals differently.

O autorze

Mritunjay Kumar Yadavendu is a Research Scholar at Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, India. He has authored many articles in reputed journals and edited books. His research interests are Class, Gender, Caste, Media and Law. He is working on a book provisionally titled Anthology of Caste Atrocities and Mode of Production .