Life Imprisonment in India: Will the Prison Doors Ever Open for Life-Sentenced Prisoners?

Bedi, S. C.; Dhanuka, Madhurima

doi:10.1007/978-981-19-4664-6_6

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“…6 In the wake of the 2012 Delhi gangrape, the Parliament introduced the punishment of life until natural death for offences of homicidal rape and gangrape. 7 Research has shown that from 2015 to 2019, the Supreme Court and various high courts have converted death sentences to life imprisonment without remission in 29 cases (Dhanuka & Bedi, 2022).…”

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An Unjust Mercy: Locating the Illegalities in the Release of the Convicts in the Bilkis Bano Case

Kanjilal

2023

Indian Journal of Gender Studies

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The Gujarat government’s decision on 15 August 2022, to release all 11 prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment in the Bilkis Bano case has serious implications, both for the rights of Bilkis Bano herself and the policy landscape around reformative prison measures like remission and premature release. Here I attempt to locate the release within a larger national context wherein carceral notions of justice, typified by longer and harsher prison sentences, are gaining currency both within the government and judiciary. I examine the deeply flawed process by which the prisoners came to be released, highlighting the arbitrariness and legal infirmities that render the government’s decision illegal.

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Section: The Shifting Contours Of Life Imprisonmentmentioning

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An Unjust Mercy: Locating the Illegalities in the Release of the Convicts in the Bilkis Bano Case

Kanjilal

2023

Indian Journal of Gender Studies

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Life Imprisonment in India: Will the Prison Doors Ever Open for Life-Sentenced Prisoners?

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An Unjust Mercy: Locating the Illegalities in the Release of the Convicts in the Bilkis Bano Case

An Unjust Mercy: Locating the Illegalities in the Release of the Convicts in the Bilkis Bano Case

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