Continuing the conversation on the death penalty, here is an interesting post by Vrinda Bhandari on the Bhullar case and its implications both for the rarest of rare case doctrine, as well as for the issue of delays in deciding clemancy petitions.
Death and Delays
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On that note, an interesting piece which came yesterday, where Justice KT Thomas has said that it is too late to hand Rajiv Gandhi's assailants.
http://www.firstpost.com/india/judge-who-sentenced-rajiv-gandhi-killers-says-too-late-to-hang-them-637622.html