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Outside New Delhi’s Tihar Jail, the largest prison complex in Asia, a file picture. India’s prisons are overcrowded, with over 70 per cent of the inmates comprising undertrials.

Dangerous haste to reform criminal law

The Committee for Reforms in Criminal Laws has adopted measures that raise serious concern about its rigour, and its haste to rush through its mandate
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Possibilities and limitations

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The death row convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case - Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan. Ñ File photos

Mercy and the machinery of death

The Supreme Court judgments in the Shatrughan Chauhan and Murugan cases are a significant victory for a fair administration of the death penalty.
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