Kasab may have been the lone gunman to have survived from the lot of 10 terrorists who entered India by the sea route to create a havoc in the city. But is sending him to the gallows the right route to adopt? I firmly believe that anyone who attacks my nation deserves to be slaughtered, as was the fate of the other nine! But what irks me, or rather irk is a very mild word to use, what makes my blood boil is the way the trial has been projected! It has been shown as if we are playing all fair! Now the death sentence will go to the High Court for confirmation and then an appeal in the Supreme Court will pull on for another decade. If, at all, these two stages are expedited, what happens when the clemency petition goes to the Prez? The wait is unending… For those like Kasab and Afzal Guru , who should have been hanged years ago, they might die their natural deaths waiting for clemency and the whole world will see how compassionate we are! Or how ineffective a system we have! After Dhananjay Chatterjee, we have stopped! Why not give those who deserve to die, the ultimate punishment in our books? But we go by those very books and make futile all the attempts at justice for those who have suffered the troubled times! And who gets justice are the criminals?
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If the shield of law cannot protect, then the sword must surely avenge?
the point is, it is not just a punishment for him but a message to the world.
dear anonymous guest 4: i am in complete agreement with you
dear anonymous guest 5: the word killing was used with the intention of not just punishment for kasab but a role reversal for a lesson. it has the value of emotions along with justice
Sure i empathize with the nation, not just the people who suffered during the attacks in Mumbai. But the law is the law, and in the absence of special authorization to take an alternate course, due process must be followed.
Instead of crying for Kasab to be hanged at the earliest, let us take the opportunity to ask for genuine reforms in the way justice is administered in this country. Let us gather momentum and seek an overhaul and improvements.
Let us not forget also, that every day that Ajmal Kasab lives to appear before Court, the media reports the same - and in doing so, we are not only reminded of the trial, but the tragedy that lead to it. As Indians, we have a knack of forgetting - forgetting far too many incidents of violence and terrorism and injustice. Atleast with this trial, we will still remember - that on a day a few years ago, our security lapses were proved and we were attacked.
Always remember.