ISSUES IN ABOLITION OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

• NCJ Number: 28643
• Journal: Social Defence Volume: 10 Issue: 37 Dated: (JULY 1974) Pages: 16-24
• Author(s): S K BHATTACHARYYA
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 9 pages
• Corporate Author: Old Secretariat
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: India

Annotation

STATISTICS QUOTED BY THE AUTHOR BACK HIS POSITION THAT THE DEATH PENALTY SHOULD BE ABOLISHED: THE REDUCED USE OF THE DEATH PENALTY IN INDIA HAS NOT RESULTED IN AN INCREASE IN CRIMES PUNISHABLE BY DEATH.