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From: badri@ur-helheim.UUCP (Badri Lokanathan)
Newsgroups: net.nlang.india
Subject: Public hanging in India.
Message-ID: <416@ur-helheim.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 6-Dec-85 11:40:45 EST
Article-I.D.: ur-helhe.416
Posted: Fri Dec  6 11:40:45 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 8-Dec-85 03:29:49 EST
Reply-To: badri@ur-helheim.UUCP (Badri Lokanathan)
Organization: U. of Rochester, EE Dept.
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This morning, B.B.C. broadcast the news	that two people were going to be
hanged IN PUBLIC in India. They are the husband and the mother-in-law of a
woman who was allegedly burnt to death (another dowry related bride - burning
case.)
I am appalled by this decision. I thought that putting a person / persons to 
death in public was a thing of the past in India. I am aware that
certain countries in the middle east still continue this practice. But
I am ashamed of the fact thay such a decision was taken in India. The
death penalty itself is a controversial issue, let alone carrying
out in public. I agree that the crime deserves maximum punishment, but
this decision is barbaric and deserves condemnation.