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La Vie En RoseBy Louis Armstrong  |
Friday, September 26, 2003
Yesterday, I made an impromptu decision to visit the Supreme Court, and it was an enlightening experience to how cruel and merciless our law system is. The case I sat in for was that of an appeal against a death sentence, and incidentally, the exact same one that made the headlines a couple of days back when the defence lawyer M.Ravi, was berated for his boorish conduct in court. His time round, however, there was none of his brusque behavior on display. His persistence showed clearly though, throughout his 3 hr-long argument on how the contempt prisoner suffered a miscarriage of justice. He spoke at length of mercy, and how the court should allow 10 guilty men to go scott-free rather than to risk sending an innocent fellow down to the gallows, and finally ending his speech with a quote from Shakesphere's The Merchant of Venice about the quality of mercy. There wasn't much the public prosecuter had to do. The contempt prisoner had been found guilty, convicted and had exhausted all avenues of appeal. He simply restated his case in a couple of sentences before the Chief Justice declared that the court was dismissing the appeal, after which the defense lawyer asked for another 5 min for him to make a last attempt. To which the Chief Justice said: 'You can say he is an innocent man but as far as the law is concerned, he has been found guilty and convicted. You better say goodbye to him, that's all you can do.' And thus, the 22-year old young man was hanged this morning at 6am.
Indeed, the situation then was depressing. The gallery was filled with his family members and friends. The men sat there, motionless, and the ladies wept loudly, leaving a young child amidst them staring in awe. I pray the accused did not leave behind any kids. So there goes a life to waste. He could have been innocent, or he could have been guilty. It will not have made a difference even if the entire world wept for him as our law system is inherently merciless. It rejoices in the lives it destroys, because a deterrence is established for every poor soul it collects. No doubt heartless and cold, but essentially effective. May he rest in peace. The maiden spoke at 7:57 PM
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