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The Death Penalty

Hindu Voice UK, October 2006

Recently there as been much furore in India over the fate of 'Afzal Guru', who is due to be hung for masterminding the 2001 attack on Indian Parliament.

What is your view on capital punishment? Do you agree that governments are right to use the death penalty for punishing certain heinous crimes? Or do you think that capital punishment has no place in a humane society?

- Agree with its use for certain terrible crimes - 73%

- Under no circumstances is capital punishment justifiable - 20%

- Maybe / Undecided - 7%