By Merrin Muhammed Ashraf Capital sentencing practice in India is in a broken state and in the words of the Law Commission, death penalty is being imposed ‘arbitrarily and freakishly’ by the courts. Since our penal laws do not provide for mandatory death penalty for any offence, the sentencing court has the onerous task of … Continue reading Need for Mitigation Investigation in Death Penalty Cases in India: A Step to Ensure Individualized Sentencing