death penalty
Keeping the death penalty alive
Sri Lanka declares it will resume executions for drug traffickers.
Dinushika Dissanayake | Sep 28, 2018
The life and death of a surrendered militant
The secret hanging of Afzal Guru is another blot on India's political class and national consciousness.
Rakesh Shukla | Feb 20, 2013
Banishing brutality
Review of Jinee Lokaneeta's Transnational Torture: Law, violence, and state power in the United States and India
Prachi Patankar and Ahilan Kadirgamar | Dec 06, 2011
A state and its death sentences
Killer words have a place in the lexicon of states. Their use can devastate societies.
Zia Mian | Jul 01, 1996
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