[Reader-list] Mercy Pleas Of Prisoners sent to Death

[Murali V]

If that be the case then the life sentence should also be modified to
clearly state "Till death in Prison" as currently for life term it is 14
years and there can also be no mercy plea for release.
Regards,
V Murali

On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 7:39 PM, Kshmendra Kaul <kshmendra2005 at yahoo.com>wrote:

>
> Whatever be the crime, no civilized society should use "Death" as
> a penalty.
>
> --- On *Mon, 9/21/09, Murali V <murali.chalam at gmail.com>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Murali V <murali.chalam at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Mercy Pleas Of Prisoners sent to Death
> To: "A.K. Malik" <akmalik45 at yahoo.com>
> Cc: "Sarai List" <reader-list at sarai.net>
> Date: Monday, September 21, 2009, 10:48 AM
>
> Which is what the UPA Govt. wants as far as Afzal Guru is concerned.
>
> Murali
>
> On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 10:18 PM, A.K.. Malik <akmalik45 at yahoo.com<http://us.mc572.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=akmalik45@yahoo.com>>
> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >        A little more for info:
> > The number of prisoners sentenced to death whose mercy petitions is
> pending before the President is 26 and as per SC verdict they have a right
> to get the death sentence commuted to life imprisonment if they are kept
> waiting for long for their death sentence to be executed.
> >
> > (A.K.MALIK)
> >
> >
> > --- On Sun, 9/20/09, A.K. Malik <akmalik45 at yahoo.com<http://us.mc572.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=akmalik45@yahoo.com>>
> wrote:
> >
> >> From: A.K. Malik <akmalik45 at yahoo.com<http://us.mc572.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=akmalik45@yahoo.com>
> >
> >> Subject: [Reader-list] Mercy Pleas Of Prisoners sent to Death
> >> To: "Sarai List" <reader-list at sarai.net<http://us.mc572.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=reader-list@sarai.net>
> >
> >> Date: Sunday, September 20, 2009, 7:49 PM
> >> Hi All,
> >>            News Item
> >> FYI
> >> "The Supreme Court has advised the government to
> >> expeditiously dispose of mercy pleas of prisoners sentenced
> >> to death and not to use human beings "as pawns in furthering
> >> some larger political or government policy". As many as
> >> death row prisoners, including Parliament attack convict
> >> Mohammed Afzal Guru, are awaiting for a decision on their
> >> mercy pleas. The court cautioned the government that any
> >> delay in decision would amount to violation of condemned
> >> prisoners' right to life with dignity."
> >>
> >> (A.K..MALIK)
> >>
> >>
> >>
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