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Should India still have the death penalty?

One of India's leading newspapers - The Hindu - has described the execution of the convicted bomber as "inhuman and unconscionable". It says a democratic government should not consider the death penalty as the only form of action to take against someone convicted of a heinous crime. However on social media there are many ordinary Indians lauding the fact that India has executed Yakub Memon. There are many convicted criminals on death row - including the men convicted of the Delhi rape. Is it right that India's legal system has the option of the death penalty, or do you think is doesn't act as a deterrent to serious crimes? Listen to what Don and Sam told Nihal on the phone-in

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