Is death the answer?

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Last updated on: November 07, 2003 23:00 IST

Sushil Sharma has been sentenced to death in the infamous tandoor murder case by a Delhi court.

While many argue that the death penalty acts as an effective deterrent to crime, Amnesty International and others opposed to the death penalty insist that it merely legitimises an irreversible act of violence by the State and will inevitably claim innocent victims.

Should India abolish the death sentence?

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