Oct. 2
KUWAIT----executions
Kuwaiti authorities hang four narcotics smugglers
4 Pakistanis convicted of smuggling narcotics into Kuwait with the intent
of trading were hung on Sunday, Kuwait's official KUNA news agency
reported.
Head of Kuwaiti criminal execution and communications department Najeeb
Al-Mulla was quoted as saying after the execution that the 1st of the 4
drug dealers was arrested in possession of heroin capsules upon his entry
at Kuwait International Airport with market value of 220,000 Kuwaiti
dinars (748,000 US dollars).
The 2nd was arrested in possession of heroin worth 16,000 dinars (54,400
dollars) and the 3rd was arrested with a stash worth 233,000 dinars
(792,200 dollars) and the 4th with heroin with market value of 87,000
dinars (295,800 dollars), he said.
This was the 2nd such execution in Kuwait in 2005. 2 drug traffickers were
hung earlier this year.
(source: Xinhua News)
INDIA:
Inmates debate capital punishment
Inmates of Model Jail on Saturday, held a brainstorming session on 'should
capital punishment be given' on the eve of Gandhi Jayanti. The topic
appealed to inmates who turned up in large numbers to express their views.
Even those who were present in hall merely to listen the debate had
excitement and eagerness written all over their faces. Opposition or
support to a speaker's view was often evident in murmurs. "We cannot take
life if we cannot give one," said Gajadhar Singh, while speaking against
the motion.
Ramu retorted "ask someone whose life has been spoiled, one is liable for
punishment if he/she kills someone," while supporting the motion. Another
speaker against the motion, Radhey Shyam Pandey said "great leaders of the
country like Mahatma Gandhi, Vinoba Bhave and Vivekanand were against
capital punishment.
Even former chief minister Sampoornanand believed that crime should not be
looked as an act of revenge but as an act of reformation. Life
imprisonment is like a death sentence for a convict as it results in a
separation from family and friends." However, Ramu countered Pandey by
questioning: "Are we advocating life-imprisonment only because we are
going through one."
(source: The Times of India)
