Mumbai attacks: Kasab gets the death penalty

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Source: times of india

Judge M L Tahaliyani has awarded the death sentence to Pakistani terrorist, Ajmal Amir Kasab. The judge felt Kasab’s crime fell under the judicial definition of "rarest of rare" and death by hanging was well deserved.

Kasab was given the death penalty on four counts. The court said there was no chance of Kasab reforming.

Kasab will now set out on a long journey where legal and moral issues will be considered by authorities for years, even decades, before he is finally put to death.

Immediately after pronouncement of the death sentence judge Tahaliyani will have to send his order for confirmation to the Bombay HC. He is bound by the Section 366 of the Criminal Procedure Code to do so. In normal cases it is the convicted man who goes in appeal to the HC but where it is the case of his life being taken away, the trial court must send the case papers to the high court.

Read more: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Mumbai-attacks-Kasab-gets-the-death-penalty/articleshow/5897555.cms

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ajmal amir kasab.

[Jack_DeLeon]

1. He deserves it...

hopefully he will join the rest of his crew in hell.

[iandhr]

3. he does but...

... is it wise to give a terrorist the death penalty? That way you grant their wish for martyrdom

[Turborama]

2. He got 5 life sentences too

From CNN International...

Mumbai gunman sentenced to death
May 6, 2010

The only surviving gunman in the 2008 attacks on Mumbai that killed more than 160 people was sentenced to death by hanging on Thursday.

Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, a Pakistani, was convicted on Monday of murder, conspiracy, and waging war on India. He was sentenced to death on five separate counts, and life imprisonment on five others.

On receiving the sentence, Kasab lowered his head. He was silent when the judge asked him if he wanted to say anything.

Kasab is the only man to have been sentenced in connection with the three-day siege in November 2008. During the raids, 10 men attacked buildings including the luxury Taj Mahal Palace and Tower and Oberoi-Trident hotels, the city's Victoria Terminus train station, and the Jewish cultural center, Chabad House.

Full article: http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/05/06/india.mumbai.terror.sentencing/index.html?eref=igoogle_cnn